Orange-bellied burrowing skink

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Sadlier, R.A. |author2=Bauer, A.M. |author3=Jourdan, H. |author4=Astrongatt, S. |author5=Deuss, M. |author6=Duval, T. |author7=Bourguet, E. |author8=McCoy, S. |author9=Bouteiller, A. |author10=Lagrange, A. |date=2021 |title=''Simiscincus aurantiacus'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T176195A123256754 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176195A123256754.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Simiscincus | parent_authority = [[Ross Allen Sadlier|Sadlier]] & [[Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer]], 1997 | species = aurantiacus | display_parents = 2 | authority = Sadlier & Bauer, 1997 | range_map = Simiscincus aurantiacus distribution.png }}

The '''orange-bellied burrowing skink''' ('''''Simiscincus aurantiacus''''') is a [[skink]]. It is monotypic in the genus ''Simiscincus''. It is endemic to [[New Caledonia]].<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Simiscincus|species=aurantiacus|accessdate=10 September 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:Skinks of New Caledonia]] [[Category:Lizard genera]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1997]] [[Category:Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier]] [[Category:Taxa named by Aaron M. Bauer]]