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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Simiscincus
Sadlier & Bauer, 1997
Species:
S. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Simiscincus aurantiacus
Sadlier & Bauer, 1997

References

  1. Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. Simiscincus aurantiacus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176195A7195486. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176195A7195486.en. Downloaded on 16 September 2018.
  2. Simiscincus aurantiacus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2018.
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