Sphenomorphus simus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Tallowin, O. |author2=Shea, G. |author3=Cox, N.A. |date=2015 |title=Sphenomorphus simus |volume=2015 |page=e.T196640A2469641 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T196640A2469641.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Sphenomorphus

| species = simus

| authority = Sauvage, 1879

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Sphenomorphus simus, the common forest skink, is a species of skink found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.{{NRDB species|genus=Sphenomorphus|species=simus|accessdate=13 October 2020}}