Biology:Morethia

Short description: Genus of lizards

Morethia
Morethia adelaidensis (saltbush Morethia skink)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Morethia Gray, 1845
Species
8 species, see text

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

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Morethia.

Further reading

• 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. (Morethia, new genus, p. 65).

Wikidata ☰ Q525476 entry