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Almost one in five of the world’s reptile species are in danger of extinction
Almost one in five of the world’s reptile species are in danger of extinction as their habitats are cleared away for farming and logging, a report said Friday.
An assessment by more than 200 experts of 1,500 randomly-selected species of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises and other reptiles, found that 19 percent were threatened, said the report in the journal Biological Conservation.
Of these, more than a tenth of species were listed as critically endangered, 41 percent endangered, and nearly half as vulnerable.
The freshwater turtle is particularly at risk, with nearly half of species believed to be close to extinction, said the report compiled by the Zoological Society of London and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN).
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One in five reptile species in danger of extinction | The Raw Story
Almost one in five of the world’s reptile species are in danger of extinction as their habitats are cleared away for farming and logging, a report said Friday.
An assessment by more than 200 experts of 1,500 randomly-selected species of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises and other reptiles, found that 19 percent were threatened, said the report in the journal Biological Conservation.
Of these, more than a tenth of species were listed as critically endangered, 41 percent endangered, and nearly half as vulnerable.
The freshwater turtle is particularly at risk, with nearly half of species believed to be close to extinction, said the report compiled by the Zoological Society of London and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN).
read more here:
One in five reptile species in danger of extinction | The Raw Story
