CDFW Seeks Info Related to Temblor Legless Lizard
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is looking for information and discuss a proposition to note the Temblor legless lizard under the California Endangered Types Act (CESA).
The Temblor legless lizard ( Anniella alexanderae) is a special, limbless lizard endemic to the alkali desert scrub and yearly meadows of the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, east of the Temblor mountains at 168– 466 meters (551– 1,529 feet) elevation. This burrowing and crepuscular (active at dawn and sunset) types utilizes the ground surface area, soil and leaf litter for feeding and breeding. Temblor legless lizards consume larval pests, adult beetles, termites and spiders. Dangers consist of environment loss due to advancement, urbanization, farming, environment modification and intrusive types. Environment loss, destruction, and fragmentation can limit the types’ capability to feed, burrow and recreate.
On November 18, 2021, the Center for Biological Variety sent a petition to the California Fish and Video game Commission to note the Temblor legless lizard as a threatened or threatened types under CESA. The Commission released findings of its choice to advance the types to candidateship on July 1, 2022, and as such, Temblor legless lizard now gets the exact same legal security paid for to a threatened or threatened types (California Fish and Video game Code, areas 2074.2 and 2085).
Over the next 12 months, CDFW will perform a status evaluation to notify the Commission’s decision on whether to note the types under CESA. As part of the status evaluation procedure, CDFW is obtaining details concerning the types’ ecology, genes, biography, circulation, abundance, environment, the degree and immediacy of hazards to its recreation or survival, the adequacy of existing management and suggestions for management of the types.
Remarks should be sent prior to October 1, 2022. Remarks might be sent by e-mail to [email protected]; please consist of “Temblor legless lizard” in the subject line. Remarks might likewise be sent by mail to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Variety Program, Attn: CESA Preservation System, P.O. Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090.
CDFW will produce a peer-reviewed report based upon the very best clinical details readily available, which will suggest whether the petitioned action is necessitated and will consist of associated suggestions from CDFW staff (FGC, area 2074.6). The report will be made openly readily available on CDFW’s site at for a minimum of one month prior to the Commission thinks about acting upon the petition. Pursuant to FGC, area 2075.5, the Commission– which is a lawfully different entity from CDFW– is charged with making the last decision on whether to note a types as threatened or threatened under CESA. CDFW serves in an advisory function to the Commission throughout this procedure.
The listing petition, CDFW’s petition assessment report and updates on the status of this procedure are readily available on the Commission’s site.
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Media Contacts:
Katrina Smith, CDFW Wildlife Branch, (916) 207-5573
Kirsten Macintyre, CDFW Communications, (916) 804-1714
Image:
Temblor legless lizard © Noah Morales
