Menetia is a genus of skinks 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.

• Menetia alanae – Alana's menetia, Top End dwarf skink

• Menetia amaura – common dwarf skink

• Menetia concinna – Jabiluka dwarf skink

• Menetia greyii – common dwarf skink, Grey's menetia

• Menetia maini – Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, northern dwarf skink

• Menetia surda – western dwarf skink

References

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .

• Gray JE (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; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

• 588 pp. (Genus Menetia, p. 408).