These Rare Florida Reptiles Just Made the Endangered Species List

International group says gopher tortoises critically endangered, losing Florida habitat

The gopher tortoise is now "criticially endangered," according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, and is losing habitat in Florida.

These rare Florida reptiles just made the endangered species list

Three rare reptiles in Florida are being added to the list of endangered species under federal law, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Three rare Florida reptiles are finally getting federal protection

The three Florida species are the key mole skink, the rim rock crown snake, and the key ringneck snake. These are the first new animals listed under the Endangered Species Act since the beginning of the second Trump administration.  “These listings are welcome news after years of heel dragging. But they didn’t happen because this administration finally prioritized imperiled wildlife. They happened because litigation forced the government to fulf…

Three South Florida reptiles make the endangered species list

The Florida Keys mole skink, the Key neck ring snake and the rim snake are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.

U.S. Granting Endangered Protections To Three Rare South Florida Reptiles - Tampa Free Press

Federal wildlife officials have formally listed the Key ring-necked snake, the rim rock crowned snake, and the Florida Keys mole skink as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The final decisions, announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, extend full federal protections to three of Florida’s rarest native reptiles to assist in their […] U.S. Granting Endangered Protections To Three Rare South Florida Reptiles

Florida Lizard, Two Snakes Win First Endangered Species Protections of Trump’s Second Term

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following legal pressure and more than a decade of advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Florida Keys mole skink, the Rim Rock crowned snake and Key ringneck snake as endangered species.