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Island reptiles are going extinct before we even knew they existed

Island reptiles are vanishing fast—but scientists are barely paying attention. Here's why that needs to change.
PBS

Why large numbers of reptile species face extinction and what that means for our ecosystem

Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That's according to a recent study in the scientific journal "Nature." Geoff Bennett takes a deeper look now at ...
Mongabay

Reptiles underrepresented on the IUCN Red List

Currently there are an estimated nearly 9,000 reptiles in the world, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has assessed all of the world’s described mammals, birds, ...
JSTOR Daily

An Annotated List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Northeastern North Carolina

The objective of the North Carolina Academy of Science is to "encourage the advancement of science within the state of North Carolina by promotion of scientific research and by the fostering of ...
Mongabay

New rainforest gecko joins growing list of reptiles unique to Sri Lanka

A new species of day gecko, Cnemaspis godagedarai, has been described in Sri Lanka, bringing the island’s number of endemic geckos in the genus Cnemaspis to 25. The new gecko, named after a national ...
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An annotated list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea / by G.A. Boulenger

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