Orange-bellied burrowing skink

The orange-bellied burrowing skink (Simiscincus aurantiacus) is a skink. It is monotypic in the genus Simiscincus. It is endemic to New Caledonia.^[2]

Orange-bellied burrowing skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Simiscincus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997
Species:	S. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Simiscincus aurantiacus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997