Even the king cobra is 'vulnerable.' More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, says a new study.
By CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — Even the king cobra is"vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"This work is a very significant achievement — it adds to our knowledge of where threatened species are, and where we must work to protect them," said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the study. Work on the reptile study – which involved nearly 1,000 scientists and 52 co-authors – started in 2005. The project was slowed by challenges in fundraising, said co-author Bruce Young, a zoologist at the nonprofit science organization NatureServe.
The Galapagos marine iguana, the world's only lizard adapted to marine life, is classified as"vulnerable" to extinction, said co-author Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University. It took 5 million years for the lizard to adapt to foraging in the sea, he said, lamenting"how much evolutionary history can be lost if this single species" goes extinct.
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