Menetia maini
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| Menetia maini | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Menetia |
| Species: | M. maini |
| Binomial name | |
| Menetia maini Storr, 1976 | |
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Menetia maini, also known commonly as Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, and the northern dwarf skink, is a species of skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae native to northern central Australia.
The specific name, maini, is in honor of Australian ecologist Albert "Bert" Russell Main.[3]: 166
Description
A small species, Menetia maini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25 mm (0.98 in). Dorsally, it is coppery brown. It has three scales in a row between the nasal scale and the eye.[4]: 410–411
Geographic range
Menetia maini is found in Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia, Australia.[1][2]
Habitat
Diet
Menetia maini preys upon invertebrates.[4]: 408