Menetia maini STORR, 1976

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Dwarf Skink
Synonym	Menetia maini STORR 1976: 198 Menetia zynja INGRAM 1977: 186 (fide RANKIN 1979) Menetia maini — COGGER 1983: 179 Menetia maini — COGGER 2000: 544 Menetia maini — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 318
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) Type locality: 23 km SSE of Derby, 17° 29’ S; 123° 43’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R18464 Holotype: QM J24454, from Mt. Unbunmaroo, 90 km NW of Boulia, 22° 32’ S, 140°18’ E, W Qld. [zynja]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “ First (and only) supraocular much more than twice as long as wide, and in contact with first supraciliary (see Fig. 1). Uppermost circumocular granule not enlarged. Ear aperture small. No indication of lateral stripes.” (Storr 1976: 199)
Comment	Synonymy after COGGER 1983. One of the smallest skinks known.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Albert "Bert" Russell Main (1919-2010), a well-known Australian ecologist, who was married to arachnologist Barbara York Main.
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 Greer, Allen E. 2001. Distribution of maximum snout-vent length among species of Scincid lizards. Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 383-395 - get paper here Ingram G J 1977. Three species of small lizards - two of them new. Genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 94: 184-187 - 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 Storr, G. M. 1976. The genus Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 4: 189-200. - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. 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/maini http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/rawllive1.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/rawllive2.htm Google images

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