Pygmy short-horned lizard COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

The Pygmy Short-horned Lizard is currently listed in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Species at Risk Act. This listing affords the species full protection under SARA in the event it is rediscovered. Residence descriptions are being prepared (L. Campbell pers. comm.) and Critical Habitat is yet to be described. The Pygmy Short-horned Lizard is classified under the British Columbia Wildlife Act (1990) and the Wildlife Amendment Act (2004). Under these acts, a person must not kill, harm, harass, capture or take an individual of a species at risk or damage or destroy a residence of a species at risk, except as authorized by regulation or by a permit or agreement.

The Pygmy Short-horned Lizard is considered globally secure (G5), secure (N5) within the United States, vulnerable (S3) in Washington, apparently secure (S4) in Oregon and California, secure (S5) in Idaho, and not ranked (SNR) in Nevada (NatureServe 2005).

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