Poaching, habitat destruction put this unique and highly vulnerable species under pressure to survive
Date: August 16, 2017
Source: University of the Witwatersrand
Summary:
The sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa, is facing an assault on two fronts as farming and industrialization encroaches on its natural habitat -- which already consist of only a several hundred square kilometers globally -- while the illegal global pet trade is adding pressure on pushing the species into extinction.
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