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Distribution

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Continent: Australia
Distribution: Australia (North Territory,West Australia)
Type locality: 4. 5 kin S of Noonamah, in 12° 40 S, 131° 04 E, N. T.

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Morethia storri, also known commonly as the top end firetail skink or Storr's morethia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

The specific name, storri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.^[2]

M. storri is found in Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia.^[3]

The preferred natural habitats of M. storri are grassland, shrubland, and forest.^[1]

M. storri is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Shea, G. (2017). "Morethia storri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109480432A109480438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480432A109480438.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Morethia storri, p. 256).
^ ^a ^b Morethia storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.

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Morethia storri, also known commonly as the top end firetail skink or Storr's morethia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.