Newly discovered skink is a second unique species for Australia's Scawfell Island
A James Cook University biologist has discovered a new species of lizard on Scawfell Island, a remote island 50 km east of ...
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New Skink Second Unique Species For Scawfell Island
A James Cook University biologist has discovered a new species of lizard on Scawfell Island, a remote island 50km east of ...
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‘Ambushing’ snakes and ‘basking’ skinks: Here are the latest new species
Published Jan. 29 | Read More | On Scawfell Island, off the coast of Australia, a new species of skink, the Scawfell Island sun skink (Lampropholis isla), was discovered. These skinks, found ...
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Four Caribbean Lizards Proposed for Endangered Species Protections
Three other skink species will not get protection because the Service has deemed that they have gone extinct. “I’m relieved that these lustrous lizards will finally get the safeguards they need, but ...
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ESA lawsuit foreshadows more to come as Trump shrinks FWS staff
Citing “extinction-level threats from habitat-destroying development and sea-level rise,” the Center for Biological Diversity ...
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Cedar Key Mole Skink Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the skink as endangered under Endangered Species Act. The Service has also proposed to protect nearly 3,000 acres of life-saving critical ...
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Scientists genetically modify Victorian lizard to fight climate change
Guthega skinks are only found in Victoria's Bogong ... Original Owners Corporation chief executive Scott Allen said the species was deeply connected to the local Aboriginal people of the region.