Prairie skink (Eumeces septentrionalis) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Prairie Skink Eumeces septentrionalis in Canada
Table of contents
- COSEWIC Assessment Summary
- COSEWIC Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of Report Writers
- Authorities Contacted
Endangered 2004
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the prairie skink Eumeces septentrionalis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 22 pp.
Previous report
Bredin, E.J. 1989. COSEWIC status report onnorthern prairie skink Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 41 pp.
Production notes
- COSEWIC acknowledges David C. Seburn, Carolyn N.L. Seburn and Errol Bredin for writing the update status report on the prairie skink Eumeces septentrionalis in Canada. The report was overseen and edited by Ron Brooks, Co-chair (Reptiles), COSEWIC Amphibians and Reptiles Specialist Subcommittee.
- Formerly designated by COSEWIC as northern prairie skink Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la scinque des prairies (Eumeces septentrionalis) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Prairie skink – photo by Errol Bredin.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2004
Catalogue No. CW69-14/385-2004E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-37327-8
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