More reptile species may be at risk of extinction than previously thought (IMAGE)

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More reptile species may be at risk of extinction than previously thought

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Potamites montanicola, classified as ‘Critically Endangered’ by automated the assessment method and as ‘Data Deficient’ by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Germán Chávez, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)

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