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Northern Dwarf Skink
Menetia maini
Menetia maini, also known commonly as Main's menetia, Main's dwarf skink, and the northern dwarf skink, is a species of skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae native to northern central Australia.
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Description
A small species, Menetia maini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 25 mm (0.98 in). Dorsally, it is coppery brown. It has three scales in a row between the nasal scale and the eye.
Range & habitat
Menetia maini is found in Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia, Australia.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, maini, is in honor of Australian ecologist Albert "Bert" Russell Main.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37945.