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Taxonomy of the genus Menetia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Menetia (Australian Dwarf Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Menetia in general

Aplin, K.P.; Adams, M. 1998. Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81(4): 201-223.

Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.

Greer, A.E. 1991. Two new species of Menetia from northeastern Queensland, with comments on the generic diagnoses of Lygisaurus and Menetia. Journal of Herpetology 25(3): 268-272.

Kearney, M.R. 2003. Why is sex so unpopular in the Australian desert? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18(12): 605-607.

Rankin, P.R. 1979. A taxonomic revision of the genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Records of the Australian Museum 32(14): 491-499.

Storr, G.M. 1976. The genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(2): 189-200.

Menetia alanae

Rankin, P.R. 1979. A taxonomic revision of the genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Records of the Australian Museum 32(14): 491-499.

Menetia amaura

Storr, G.M. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the reptiles of the Shark Bay region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 303-318.

Menetia concinna

Sadlier, R.A. 1984. A new Australian scincid lizard, Menetia concinna, from the Alligator Rivers region, Northern Territory. Records of the Australian Museum 36(2): 45-49.

Menetia greyii

Adams, M.; Foster, R.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Hutchinson, R.G.; Donnellan, S.C. 2003. The Australian scincid lizard Menetia greyii: A new instance of widespread vertebrate parthenogenesis. Evolution 57(11): 2619-2627.

Bush, B. 1983. Notes on reproduction in captive Menetia greyii (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Western Australian Naturalist 15(6): 130-131.

Dell, J. 1983. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of Bendering Nature Reserve. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(1): 71-72.

Gardner, M.G.; Ottewell, K.; Adams, M. 2004. Isolation of microsatellites in a parthenogenetic lizard Menetia greyii (Scincidae) and their utility in sexual species of the Menetia greyii complex. Molecular Ecology 4(2): 219-221.

Goonan, P.; Mann, A. 1992. Fauna of the Brookfield Conservation Park in the Murray mallee, South Australia. 1. Preliminary results of a survey of the small vertebrate community in a mallee-spinifex habitat. South Australian Naturalist 66(3): 44-48.

Ingram, G.J. 1977. Three species of small lizards - two of them new. Genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 94(5): 184-187.

Lucas, A.H.S.; Frost, C. 1896. Description of a new species of Ablepharus from Victoria, with critical notes on two other Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 281-283.

Mitchell, F.J.; Behrudt, A.C. 1949. Fauna and flora of the Greenly Islands. 1. Introductory narrative and vertebrate fauna. Records of the South Australian Museum 9(2): 167-179.

Peterson, M.; Metcalfe, D.C. 2015. Natural history notes: Menetia greyii (Grey's Skink). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(4): 631-632.

Pianka, E.R. 2011. Notes on the natural history of the Tiny Skink Menetia greyi. Western Australian Naturalist 28(1): 12-17.

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Range extensions of reptiles in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 215-216.

Smyth, M.; Smith, M.J. 1974. Aspects of the natural history of three Australian skinks, Morethia boulengeri, Menetia greyii and Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Herpetology 8(4): 329-335.

Thompson, M.B.; Russell, K.J. 1998. Metabolic cost of development in one of the World's smallest lizard eggs: implications for physiological advantages of the amniote egg. Copeia 1998(4): 1016-1020.

Menetia maini

Ingram, G.J. 1977. Three species of small lizards - two of them new. Genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 94(5): 184-187.

Rankin, P.R. 1979. A taxonomic revision of the genus Menetia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Records of the Australian Museum 32(14): 491-499.

Menetia surda

Aplin, K.P.; Adams, M. 1998. Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81(4): 201-223.