Endangered lizards get extra protection in Manitoba park

Manitobas only lizard, the northern prairie skink, is getting some extra protection.

A Brandon University professor has convinced the Canadian Herpetological Society to make the provincial park it lives in an Important Amphibian and Reptile Area.

Spruce Woods Provincial Park is now the second place in Manitoba to get the protected distinction the first was the snake pits in Narcisse, Man.

Spruce Woods park is the only place the endangered reptile has been found in Canada.

Skinks are mainly brown with a bright blue tailthat fades as they grow older. They usually grow about as long as a human hand.