BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Center for Biological Diversity asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend Endangered Species Act protections to the Temblor legless lizard, a rare sand-swimming reptile living in the Temblor Range in Kern County, California, that is at risk from oil and gas drilling.
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