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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Simiscincus
Species (1): Simiscincus aurantiacus
Name

Simiscincus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997. Type species: Simiscincus aurantiacus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997, by original designation.
References

Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 1997: A new genus and species of lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. Pacific science, 51: 91–96. [1]

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

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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