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Puerto Rican Skink

Spondylurus nitidus · Wherever found · ECOS entity 10532

Federal ESA status Proposed Endangered

The Puerto Rican Skink is proposed for listing as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest steps were a proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final., a proposed critical habitat rule and a 12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not?, published together on December 19, 2024. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Puerto Rican Skink
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set Not in the workplan
12-month finding published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2024. Outcome: listing is not warranted. This document is also the proposed rule and the proposed critical habitat rule. FR 2024-29125
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed rule published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2024. This document is also the proposed critical habitat rule and the 12-month finding. FR 2024-29125
Comments accepted until February 18, 2025. FR 2024-29125
Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect.
Statutory date December 18, 2025 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Proposed critical habitat ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2024. This document is also the proposed rule and the 12-month finding. FR 2024-29125
Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule
Statutory date December 18, 2025 (critical habitat with listing, 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)). No final critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/10532
ECOS
Species profile 9553
Federal Register
Regulations.gov