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Endangered Reptiles

[About the IUCN and USFWS.]

LEAF-NOSED LIZARD
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Habitat loss due to forest clearing, logging and man-made fires

PAINTED TERRAPIN
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
Major Threats: Overharvesting of their eggs for food, dam building and loss of nesting habitat

ROUND ISLAND BOA
IUCN Status: Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Habitat loss and competition with non-native species

SPINELESS FOREST LIZARD
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Loss of forest habitat to agricultural and human settlements

VIRGIN ISLANDS TREE BOA
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Habitat loss and predation by non-native species

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