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Study finds 21% of the world's reptiles are threatened with extinction — including the king cobra

Study finds 21% of the world's reptiles are threatened with extinction — including the king cobra

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Thursday, April 28, 2022 3:40 PM GMT

Even the king cobra is "vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Of 10,196 reptile species analyzed, 21% percent were classified as endangered, critically endangered or vulnerable to extinction - including the iconic hooded snakes of South and Southeast Asia.

"This work is a very significant achievement - it adds to our knowledge of where threatened species are, and where we must work to protect them," said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the study.

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