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title: "Scinque d'Olivierr"
description: "Heremites vittatus — Reptiles. The bridled mabuya or bridled skink (Heremites vittatus) is a species of skink found in North Africa and Middle East."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/bridled-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scinque d'Olivierr

> Heremites vittatus — Reptiles. The bridled mabuya or bridled skink (Heremites vittatus) is a species of skink found in North Africa and Middle East.

- Scientific name: *Heremites vittatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Désert)
- iNaturalist observations: 639
- Wikidata: [Q46588924](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46588924)
- iNaturalist taxon: [539827](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/539827)

## Names

- en: Bridled Skink
- de: Streifenmabuye
- fr: Scinque d'Olivierr

## Countries with the most observations

IL (207), CY (109), TR (88), SY (62), LB (27), PS (21), JO (20), TN (15), IQ (8)

## Summary

The bridled mabuya or bridled skink (Heremites vittatus) is a species of skink found in North Africa and Middle East. They grow up to 22 cm.
The binomial name of this species has seen multiple revisions in the early 2000s. The current binomial name is Heremites vittatus. Previously it was known as Mabuya vittata and for short period as Eutropis vittata and Trachylepis vittata. The reason for those changes is an attempt to divide the vast genus Mabuya in a few smaller genera.
The bridled mabuya lives in open sandy or stony soil with little grass or bushy vegetation. They are usually found near water; in Egypt in the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridled_mabuya

## Photo

![Scinque d'Olivierr](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bridled-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: shachar8 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314666286

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bridled-skink?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).