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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/27\/23044391\/reptile-species-threatened-extinction<\/a>
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More than one in five of the world\u2019s reptile species are threatened with extinction, researchers have determined in a new paper<\/a> that marks the culmination of more than 20 years of slow-going research. On top of facing human-caused threats to their survival, the scaled creatures have fallen victim to bias in conservation priorities.<\/p>\n

Conservationists with limited resources have had to play catch-up in their efforts to assess threats to turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and tuatara<\/a> (the last in an ancient lineage of reptiles that roamed the Earth with dinosaurs). Similar comprehensive assessments for birds, mammals, and amphibians (all categorized as tetrapods, or four-limbed vertebrates) were completed over a decade ago. <\/p>\n

Why has there been a dearth of data for reptiles in particular? They just haven\u2019t gotten the same sort of sympathy from funders as their fluffier counterparts, say authors of the new paper published today in the journal Nature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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