Heremites auratus

Heremites auratus

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 auratus
Subspecies (2): H. a. auratus – H. a. transcaucasicus

Name

Heremites auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Lectotype: UUZM 38. [designated by Moravec, Franzen & Böhme (2006: 91)]
• Type locality: “Jersea Anglorum, Cyprus [= British island of Jersey and Cyprus]”, corrected to “Asia Minor” by Moravec, Franzen & Böhme (2006: 91).

Combinations

• Lacerta aurata Linnaeus, 1758: 209 [original combination]
• Euprepes auratus — Gravenhorst, 1851: 321 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuya aurata — Andersson, 1900 [subsequent combination]
• Euprepis auratus — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Trachylepis aurata — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]
• Heremites auratus — Karin et al., 2016 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Euprepis affinis de Filippii, 1863: 389
  • Syntypes: MRSN and MSNG.
  • Type locality: “Trovata a Kazwin”.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• De Filippi, F. 1863. Nuove o poco note specie di animali vertebrati raccolte in un viaggio in Persia nell' estate dell' anno 1862. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 377–394. BHL Reference page. 
• 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 auratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 April 2019.
• Lymberakis, P., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Nilson, G., Akarsu, F. & Kaya, U. 2017. IUCN: Heremites auratus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157291A120690621. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T157291A120690621.en

Vernacular names

English: Golden Grass Skink

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