''Menetia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *''

Menetia alanae ''Menetia alanae'', also known commonly as Alana's menetia and the Top End dwarf skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''alanae'' (genitive, feminine) is in h ...

'' – Alana's menetia, Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Menetia alanae'', p. 3; ''M. greyii'', p. 108; ''M. maini'', p. 166).

Top End The Top End of Australia's Northern Territory is a geographical region encompassing the northernmost section of the Northern Territory, which aside from the Cape York Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Australian continent. It covers a ...

dwarf skink *''

Menetia amaura ''Menetia'' is a genus of skinks 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.. www.reptile-database.org. *''Menetia alan ...

'' – common dwarf skink *''

Menetia concinna ''Menetia concinna'', the Jabiluka dwarf skink, is a species of skink found in Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states ...

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Jabiluka Jabiluka is a pair of uranium deposits and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr clan of Aboriginal people. The mine site is surrounded by, but not part of, the World ...

dwarf skink *''

Menetia greyii ''Menetia greyii'', commonly known as the common dwarf skink or Grey's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to mainland Australia and Indonesia. Etymology The specific name, ''greyii'', is in honour of e ...

'' – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia *''

Menetia maini ''Menetia maini'', also known commonly as Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, and the northern dwarf skink, is a species of skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae native to northern central Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''maini'', is in ...

'' – Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink *''

Menetia surda ''Menetia surda'', the western dwarf skink, is a species of skink found in Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the sout ...

'' – western dwarf skink

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