Menetia

Menetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Menetia
Gray, 1845[1]

Menetia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Member species of the genus Menetia are 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.[2]

References

  1. "Menetia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. "Menetia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading


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