The orange-bellied burrowing skink (Simiscincus aurantiacus) is a skink. It is monotypic in the genus Simiscincus. It is endemic to New Caledonia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Simiscincus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997 |
| Species: | S. aurantiacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Simiscincus aurantiacus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997
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References
edit- ^ Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Simiscincus aurantiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176195A123256754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176195A123256754.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Simiscincus aurantiacus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2018.
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