Menetia alanae RANKIN, 1979

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Top End Dwarf Skink
Synonym	Menetia alanae RANKIN 1979 Menetia alanae — COGGER 2000: 542 Menetia alanae — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 316
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: immediately SE of Mt. Carr, Adelaide River township, 13° 15’ S, 131° 06’ E, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R52064
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Ms. Alana Young from the Department of Herpetology, Australian Museum.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384 COUPER, PATRICK J.; CONRAD J. HOSKIN 2014. A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3884 (6): 597–599 - get paper here Rankin P R 1979. A taxonomic revision of the genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Rec. Austral. Mus. 32 (14): 491-499 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Menetia/alanae http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/pagelive2.htm http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-55J2K3?open Google images

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