Heremites vittatus

Heremites vittatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Heremites
Species: Heremites vittatus

Name

• Heremites vittatus (Olivier, 1804)

Holotype: ?.

Type locality: “sands west of Rosetta”, Egypt.

Combinations

• Scincus vittatus Olivier, 1804: 58 [original combination]
• Heremites vittatus — Gray, 1845: 110 [subsequent combination]
• Euprepes vittatus — Peters, 1864 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuia vittata — Boulenger, 1887: 176 [subsequent combination]
• Eutropis vittata — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination]
• Trachylepis vittata — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Euprepes olivieri Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 674
• Euprepes (Euprepis) libanoticus Peters, 1864: 51
• Eurprepes tomardi Hemprinch & Ehrenberg in Tornier, 1899

References

Primary references

• Olivier G.-A. 1804. Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Egypte et la Perse. Agasse 2: 58.
• Duméril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol.5. Roret/Fain et Thunot: Paris. 871 pp.
• Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Die Eidechsenfamilie der Scincoiden, insbesondere über die Schneider'schen, Wiegmann'schen und neue Arten des zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 44–58.
• Tornier, G. 1899. Reptilia. In: Carlgren ,O., Hilgendorf, F., Martens, E. von, Matschie, P., Tornier, G. & Weltner, W. (eds.). Symbolae physicae seu icones adhuc ineditae corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptum, Nubiam. G. Reimer: Berlin.

Additional references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page. 
• Budack, A. 1973. A study on the individual and geographic variation of Mabuya vittata (Scincidae, Lacertilia) in Turkey. Sci. Rep. Fac. Sci. Ege Univ. Izmir 214: 1–59.
• Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M. 2003. On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler, 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks. African Journal of Herpetology 52 :1-7. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2003.9635472
• Karin, B.R., Metallinou, M., Weinell, J.L., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. Resolving the higher-order phylogenetic relationships of the circumtropical Mabuya group (Squamata: Scincidae): An out-of-Asia diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102: 220–232. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.033 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Heremites vittatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 April 2019.
• Böhme, W., Mateo, J.A., Joger, U., Slimani, T., El Mouden, E.H., Geniez, P., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Nouira, M.S., Baha El Din, S., Lymberakis, P., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Kaya, U., Avci, A., Üzüm, N., Yeniyurt, C. & Akarsu, F. 2017. IUCN: Heremites vittatus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T61586A120691593. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61586A120691593.en

Vernacular names

English: Bridled Skink

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