Menetia
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The genus Menetia GRAY, 1845 belongs to the family of skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...

s (Scincidae). Members of this genus are found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.

Classification

Genus Menetia
  • Menetia alanae
  • Menetia amaura
  • Menetia concinna
  • Menetia greyii (Common dwarf skink)
  • Menetia koshlandae
  • Menetia maini
  • Menetia sadlieri
  • Menetia surda
  • Menetia timlowi
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