Popular sungazer lizards under threat from poaching

(University of the Witwatersrand) The sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa, is facing an assault on two fronts as farming and industrialization encroaches on its natural habitat -- which already consist of only a several hundred square kilometers globally -- while the illegal global pet trade is adding pressure on pushing the species into extinction.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news