{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Menetia'' | image = Greys-skink-menetia-greyii-358559-large.jpg | image_caption = ''Menetia greyii'' | taxon = Menetia | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1845<ref>"''Menetia'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.</ref> }}

'''''Menetia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[skink]]s [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]]. They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.

==Species== The following six species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Menetia}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

*''[[Menetia alanae]]'' {{small|[[species:Peter R. Rankin|Rankin]], 1979}} – [[Alana Young|Alana's]] menetia,<ref name=EDR>[[Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins, Michael]]; [[Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Menetia alanae'', p. 3; ''M. greyii'', p. 108; ''M. maini'', p. 166).</ref> [[Top End]] dwarf skink *''[[Menetia amaura]]'' {{small|[[Glen Milton Storr|Storr]], 1978}} – common dwarf skink *''[[Menetia concinna]]'' {{small|[[Ross Allen Sadlier|Sadlier]], 1984}} – [[Jabiluka]] dwarf skink *''[[Menetia greyii]]'' {{small|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1845}} – common dwarf skink, [[George Grey|Grey's]] menetia<ref name=EDR/> *''[[Menetia maini]]'' {{small|Storr, 1976}} – [[Bert Main|Main's]] menetia,<ref name=EDR/> Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink *''[[Menetia surda]]'' {{small|Storr, 1976}} – western dwarf skink

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *[[Harold Cogger|Cogger HG]] (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}. *[[John Edward Gray|Gray JE]] (1845). ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum''. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (''Menetia'', new genus, p.&nbsp;65). *[[Steve K. Wilson|Wilson, Steve]]; [[Gerry Swan|Swan, Gerry]] (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}. *{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Steve |last2=Swan |first2=Gerry |title=A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition |date=2023 |publisher=Reed New Holland Publishers |location=Sydney |isbn=978-1-92554-671-2}} 588 pp. (Genus ''Menetia'', p. 408).

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