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Orange-bellied burrowing skink

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Simiscincus
SPECIES
Simiscincus aurantiacus

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

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Terrestrial

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Distribution

Geography

Regions
New Caledonia
Biogeographical realms
Australasian
Orange-bellied burrowing skink habitat map

Biome

Forest
Shrubland
Orange-bellied burrowing skink habitat map
Orange-bellied burrowing skink
compiled by rbrausse with Quantum GIS Map data: Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Range data: Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. Simiscincus aurantiacus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Population Trend
Unknown
POPULATION STATUS
Vulnerable (VU)
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References

1. Orange-bellied burrowing skink Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-bellied_burrowing_skink
2. Orange-bellied burrowing skink on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176195/7195486

Included in Lists

Threatened Species of New Caledonia
Reptiles of New Caledonia
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