NaPali Coast’s Blue-Tailed Skink Extinct

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No good news here. Another native species has disappeared from Hawaii.

The blue-tailed skink, last sited on the NaPali coast of Kauai, has been deemed extinct by the National Geological Survey. The Landblog has more on the skink. 

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