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. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 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
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).