# Morethia

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Genus of lizards

Morethia Morethia adelaidensis (saltbush Morethia skink) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Eugongylinae Genus: Morethia Gray, 1845 Species 8 species, see text

***Morethia***, commonly called **Morethia skinks** or **firetail skinks**, is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [skinks](/source/Scincidae) in the order [Squamata](/source/Squamata) that are found in Australia.

## Species

Listed alphabetically by [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)).[1]

- *[Morethia adelaidensis](/source/Morethia_adelaidensis)* ([W. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1874) – saltbush Morethia skink

- *[Morethia boulengeri](/source/Morethia_boulengeri)* ([Ogilby](/source/James_Douglas_Ogilby), 1890) – [Boulenger's](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) skink, south-eastern Morethia skink

- *[Morethia butleri](/source/Morethia_butleri)* ([Storr](/source/Glen_Milton_Storr), 1963) – woodland Morethia skink

- *[Morethia lineoocellata](/source/Morethia_lineoocellata)* ([A.M.C. Duméril](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril) & [Bibron](/source/Gabriel_Bibron), 1839) – west coast Morethia skink, western pale-flecked Morethia

- *[Morethia obscura](/source/Morethia_obscura)* Storr, 1972 – shrubland Morethia skink

- *[Morethia ruficauda](/source/Morethia_ruficauda)* ([Lucas](/source/Arthur_Henry_Shakespeare_Lucas) & [C. Frost](/source/Charles_Frost_(herpetologist)), 1895) – lined firetail skink

- *[Morethia storri](/source/Morethia_storri)* [Greer](/source/Allen_Eddy_Greer), 1980 – top end firetail skink

- *[Morethia taeniopleura](/source/Morethia_taeniopleura)* (W. Peters, 1874) – north-eastern firetail skink, fire-tailed skink

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than *Morethia*.

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Morethia*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Morethia&submit=Search). The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

## Further reading

- [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. (*Morethia*, new genus, p. 65).

Taxon identifiers Morethia Wikidata: Q525476 Wikispecies: Morethia ADW: Morethia AFD: Morethia BOLD: 326190 CoL: 5V6F EoL: 37117 GBIF: 2463718 iNaturalist: 37919 IRMNG: 1341118 NCBI: 220766 Open Tree of Life: 155781

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