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The Florida Keys mole skink is one of 11 species a pair of Southwest Florida environmental nonprofits have sued the Trump administration to protect; the pink-tailed reptiles live along the shoreline, burrow in dry sand and hunt insects under leaves, debris and washed-up vegetation on beaches. Accelerating sea-level rise and storms of increasing intensity threaten to inundate the skink’s remaining coastal habitat, and shoreline development is squeezing them even closer together.
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A pair of environmental groups concerned about 11 Florida species have sued the Trump administration

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