Heremites

Heremites is a genus of skinks.

Heremites
Heremites auratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Mabuyinae
Genus:	Heremites Gray, 1845
Species
3 sp., see text

Species

The following 3 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:^[1]

• Heremites auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – levant skink, golden grass mabuya, golden grass skink
• Heremites septemtaeniatus (Reuss, 1834) – golden grass mabuya, southern grass skink
• Heremites vittatus (Olivier, 1804) – bridled mabuya, bridled skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Heremites.