9th Circuit denies endangered species protections to Az snake https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011325_shovel_nosed_snake/9th-circuit-denies-endangered-species-protections-az-snake/
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel sided with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny Endangered Species Act protections to the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, ruling that the snake wasn't distinct enough from the western shovel-nosed snake.
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