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Endangered Reptiles

[About the IUCN and USFWS.]

SIAMESE CROCODILE
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Conversion of habitat to agricultural land and poaching

ANEGADA GROUND IGUANA
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Predation by humans and their cats and dogs

ANTIGUAN RACER
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
Major Threats: Habitat loss; predation by rats, dogs and mongooses; human persecution

EGYPTIAN TORTOISE
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
Major Threats: Habitat loss and illegal pet trade

HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Destruction of nesting grounds; incidental capture in fishing gear

KEELED BOX TURTLE
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Poaching for Chinese traditional medicine, food and the international pet trade

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