Morethia

Morethia, commonly called Morethia skinks or firetail skinks, is a genus of skinks in the order Squamata that are found in Australia.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Morethia is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Scincidae, Saltbush Morethia Skink and Animalia.

It is catalogued under topics including Lizard genera, Morethia and Skinks of Australia.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyScincidae

Observations recorded41,650

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 94
Family: Scincidae
Collections: ANWC, QM, WAM, ANSP, TM, AM
Recorded in: Australia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lygosominae
Image: Morethia boulengeri 2.jpg

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Commons category: Morethia
taxon name: Morethia
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Morethia
endemic to: Australia
taxon author citation: Gray, 1845

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Morethia, commonly called Morethia skinks or firetail skinks, is a genus of skinks in the order Squamata that are found in Australia.

==Species== Listed alphabetically by specific name. Morethia adelaidensis (W. Peters, 1874) – saltbush Morethia skink Morethia boulengeri (Ogilby, 1890) – Boulenger's skink, south-eastern Morethia skink Morethia butleri (Storr, 1963) – woodland Morethia skink Morethia lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – west coast Morethia skink, western pale-flecked Morethia Morethia obscura Storr, 1972 – shrubland Morethia skink Morethia ruficauda (Lucas & C. Frost, 1895) – lined firetail skink Morethia storri Greer, 1980 – top end firetail skink Morethia taeniopleura (W. Peters, 1874) – north-eastern firetail skink, fire-tailed skink

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