# Menetia

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Genus of lizards

Menetia Menetia greyii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Eugongylinae Genus: Menetia Gray, 1845[1]

***Menetia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [skinks](/source/Skink) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Australia](/source/Australia). They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.

## Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.[2]

- *[Menetia alanae](/source/Menetia_alanae)* [Rankin](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peter_R._Rankin), 1979 – [Alana's](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alana_Young&action=edit&redlink=1) menetia,[3] [Top End](/source/Top_End) dwarf skink

- *[Menetia amaura](/source/Menetia_amaura)* [Storr](/source/Glen_Milton_Storr), 1978 – common dwarf skink

- *[Menetia concinna](/source/Menetia_concinna)* [Sadlier](/source/Ross_Allen_Sadlier), 1984 – [Jabiluka](/source/Jabiluka) dwarf skink

- *[Menetia greyii](/source/Menetia_greyii)* [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1845 – common dwarf skink, [Grey's](/source/George_Grey) menetia[3]

- *[Menetia maini](/source/Menetia_maini)* Storr, 1976 – [Main's](/source/Bert_Main) menetia,[3] Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink

- *[Menetia surda](/source/Menetia_surda)* Storr, 1976 – western dwarf skink

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "*Menetia* ". *Dahms Tierleben*. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Genus *[Menetia](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Menetia&exact=genus&submit=Search)* at [The Reptile Database](http://www.reptile-database.org/). www.reptile-database.org.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EDR_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EDR_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-EDR_3-2) [Beolens, Bo](/source/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)); [Grayson, Michael](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Menetia alanae*, p. 3; *M. greyii*, p. 108; *M. maini*, p. 166).

## Further reading

- [Cogger HG](/source/Harold_Cogger) (2014). *Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition*. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0643100350](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0643100350).

- [Gray JE](/source/John_Edward_Gray) (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. 65).

- [Wilson, Steve](/source/Steve_K._Wilson); [Swan, Gerry](/source/Gerry_Swan) (2013). *A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition*. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1921517280](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1921517280).

- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2023). *A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition*. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-92554-671-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-92554-671-2). 588 pp. (Genus *Menetia*, p. 408).

Taxon identifiers Menetia Wikidata: Q2035111 Wikispecies: Menetia AFD: Menetia CoL: 5P38 EoL: 32321 GBIF: 2464510 iNaturalist: 37940 IRMNG: 1426308 NCBI: 243800 Open Tree of Life: 733909

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