Heremites auratus

Heremites auratus, the Levant skink,[1] golden grass mabuya, or golden grass skink, is a species of skink.[2] It is found in Greece and Turkey,[1][2] and possibly much more widely in Asia and even north-eastern Africa.[2]

Heremites auratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Heremites
Species:
H. auratus
Binomial name
Heremites auratus
(L., 1758)
Synonyms
  • Lacerta aurata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Euprepis auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mabuya aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Trachylepis aurata (Bauer 2003)

References
  1. Lymberakis, P., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Nilson, G., Akarsu, F. & Kaya, U. 2017. Heremites auratus (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157291A120690621. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T157291A120690621.en. Downloaded on 10 May 2019.
  2. Heremites auratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2017.


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