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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Morethia
Species: M. adelaidensis - M. boulengeri - M. butleri - M. lineoocellata - M. obscura - M. ruficauda - M. storri - M. taeniopleura
Name

Morethia
Vernacular names

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

Listed alphabetically by specific name.[1]

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.
References
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Morethia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).

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