Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus): COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus (Carolinian Population Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Population) in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- 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 Designations
- Technical Summary: Carolinian population
- Technical Summary: Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writers
Carolinian population - Endangered
Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population - Special Concern 2007
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 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus (Carolinian population and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 50 pp.
Previous report
COSEWIC 2001. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-41 pp.
Seburn, C.N.L. 1998. COSEWIC status report on the Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-41 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Briar J. Howes and Stephen C. Lougheed for writing the update status report on the Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus (Carolinian population and Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence population) in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Dr. Ronald Brooks, Co-chair (Reptiles), COSEWIC Reptiles Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 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 le scinque pentaligne (Eumeces fasciatus) (population carolinienne et population des Grands Lacs et du Saint-Laurent) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Five-lined Skink -- Photograph by ©Ryan M. Bolton.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007
Catalogue Number CW69-14/530-2007E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-46025-1
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