NEWS FROM THE DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST

Yesterday Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust received 22 orange-tailed skinks, rescued following the invasion of Flat Island, Mauritius by the predatory Indian musk shrew.

The orange-tailed skink was discovered on Flat Island, the largest of the Mauritian islands in 1995, since then habitat modification and the introduction of non-native predators elsewhere in Mauritius has meant that Flat Island became the last refuge for this Critically Endangered reptile.

Read more at: http://www.durrell.org/Latest/News/Durrell-instrumental-in-saving-the-orangetailed-skink-from-extinction/

Top image by Nik Cole (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust)