A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) Author Couper, Patrick J. Natural Environments Program, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia. Author Hoskin, Conrad J. Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change, School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia text Zootaxa 2014 2014-11-19 3884 6 597 599 journal article 4888 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.6.8 6a9b96be-16a3-451f-a271-6d30d0416985 1175-5326 4951842 2E8C59B0-8EBB-4D22-A317-2C4CB6833CA9

TABLE 1. A comparison of character states in Pygmaeascincus and Menetia. Definition of traits: 1. Interparietal fused with frontoparietal as single shield, or interparietal free. 2. 1 st supraocular shape: squarish (*for P. timlowi this is the typical condition, but in the rarer case of just 2 supraoculars, the 1 st supraocular is elongate) vs elongate (distinctly longer than wide). 3. Number of supraciliaries. 4. Size of supraciliaries. 5. Eyelid state: (A) preablepharine, (B) ablepharine. 6. Modal number of midbody scales. 7. Modal number of subdigital lamellae under 4 th toe. 8. Number of supradigital scales on 4 th toe. 9. Pefrontals: (A) moderate, smaller than frontal, (B) large, subequal to frontal. 10. Spacing between prefrontals: (A) moderate, (B) very narrow or in point contact. 11. Nasals: (A) small, (B) moderate. 12. Colour of iris in preservative. 13. Breeding males with orange flush on tail. 14. Venter colour pattern: (A) sparsely to heavily flecked, (B) light brown, (C) whitish. 15. Number of supraoculars. 16. Enlarged upper palprebrals.

Character	P. timlowi	P. sadlieri	P. koshlandae	M. greyii	M. alanae	M. cocinna	M. maini	M. surda
1. interparietal	fused	fused	fused	free	free	free	free	free
2. 1st supraocular	squarish*	squarish	squarish	elongate	elongate	elongate	elongate	elongate
3. supraciliaries	5–6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3–4
4. size of supraciliaries	subequal	subequal	subequal	2nd largest	2nd largest	2nd largest	2nd largest	2nd largest
5. eyelid	A	A	A	B	B	B	B	B
6. midbodies	18–20	20	20	22	23	20	22	22
7. subdig. lam.	16	15	16	22	23	18	19	22
8. supradig. lam.	≤ 10	≤ 10	≤ 10	≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 11	≥ 11
9. pefrontal size	A	A	A	B	B	B	B	B
10. prefrontal spacing	A	A	A	B	B	B	B	B
11. nasals	A	A	A	B	B	B	B	B
12. iris colour	dark	dark	dark	light	light	light	light	light
13. orange flush on tail of males	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no
14. ventral colour pattern	A	B		C	C	C	C	C
15. supraoculars	usually 3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
16. upper palprebrals	enlarged	enlarged	not enlarged	not enlarged	not enlarged	not enlarged	not enlarged	not enlarged