COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Prairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalis, in Canada .: CW69-14/385-2018E-PDF
"The Canadian distribution of this species is restricted to a small area of mixed-grass prairie on sandy soils in Manitoba and is isolated from the rest of the species’ range in the USA by over 100 km. Its prairie habitat has been historically lost and fragmented mainly due to agricultural activities. Aspen succession and invasion by exotic plants continue to degrade remaining habitats. Several new localities have been discovered within the known range since the last assessment as a result of increased survey efforts, and habitat management is ongoing within portions of the skink’s range on federal and provincial lands. Change in status from the previous assessment results from a different interpretation of status assessment criteria by COSEWIC. While the species is deemed to no longer be at risk of imminent extinction, it could become Threatened if factors affecting it are unmitigated"--Assessment Summary – November 2017, p. iii.
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| Department/Agency | Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada. |
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| Title | COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Prairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalis, in Canada . |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Earlier edition | COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the northern Prairie skink, Eumeces septentrionalis, in Canada |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | "Special concern 2017"--Cover. Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la scinque des prairies, Plestiodon septentrionalis, au Canada. Includes bibliographic references: p. 35-40. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, c2017. |
| Description | xiii, 48 p. : maps (some col.), col. photogr. |
| ISBN | 9780660267340 |
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| Subject terms | Endangered species Reptiles Assessment |
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