Western skink (Eumeces skiltonianus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 11

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Evaluation

Eumeces skiltonianus in Canada is vulnerable because of its small geographic range centred in densely populated areas, local distribution of populations, and increasing pressures on habitats through alteration and fragmentation associated with the activities of a growing human population. Ameliorating factors include some degree of tolerance to some human activities, such as logging, and life history characteristics, such as a small body size, that allow populations to persist in relatively small habitat patches.