Five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

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Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Eumeces fasciatus received its Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) status as Special Concern in April 1998 (COSEWIC, 1998) and as a single designated unit. In Ontario, the species is listed as Special Concern by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR, 2005), and is a Specially Protected Reptile under Ontario’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. In Canada, it has a NatureServe rank of vulnerable (N3), while in the U.S. and globally it is listed as secure (N5 and G5 respectively; NatureServe Explorer, 2006). The species is listed as secure in the majority of jurisdictions across its range. However, in most of its more northerly jurisdictions it is listed as apparently secure, vulnerable, or imperiled (Table 6).