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The Center For Biological Diversity has asked a federal judge to reconsider its decision to not add the rare skink, found only in the Lower Keys and Dry Tortugas, to the Endangered Species List.
The last confirmed sighting of the Florida Keys mole skink, one of the most rare and mysterious of the state’s native species, was in 1993 during an ecological survey by Charles E. Hilsenbeck on ...
The rare Cedar Key mole skink is one of those creatures whose beauty is its undoing. A 6-inch long colorful reptile, the skink has a shiny brown body with stripes running along its side and a pink ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to reconsider protections for the Cedar Key mole skink, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed ...
Florida Keys mole skink. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) WASHINGTON (CN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Thursday to make endangered species decisions for eight rare ...
Recently, the Trump administration denied environmental protection to the Florida Keys mole skink, whose habitat is projected to disappear in the next 40 years due to sea-level rise. Now the ...
In one respect, the Cedar Key mole skink doesn’t get much respect from Enge. “Skinks tend to have bright-colored tails, but the Cedar Key mole skink is the ugliest of the bunch,” Enge said.
The center first petitioned for protection of the Florida Keys mole skink in 2010. In 2015, the Fish and Wildlife Service issued a positive 90-day finding by concluding that the skink might ...
Mole skink. FORT PIERCE, Fla. — In a suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to reconsider its decision to not extend endangered species ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied the skink protection in October despite threats from flooding caused by rising seas, which are expected to inundate nearly half the lizard’s coastal ...
A Cedar Key mole skink. Fish and Wildlife Service The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federal protections for a Florida lizard found only on 10 islands just off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico.