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Final ruleTook effect Aug. 20, 2026

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Florida Keys Mole Skink

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 21, 2026. Document 2026-14636. Updated Nov. 8, 2026.

What it does

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), list the Florida Keys mole skink (Plestiodon egregius egregius), a lizard subspecies from the Florida Keys, Florida, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. This rule extends the protections of the Act to this species.

The Fish and Wildlife Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

50 CFR 17

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Fish and Wildlife Service has published 29 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 13 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1018-BG24 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

This rule is effective August 20, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-14636
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesInterior Department; Fish and Wildlife Service
PublishedJuly 21, 2026
Effective dateAug. 20, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)1018-BG24
DocketFWS-R4-ES-2022-0104

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register