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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

HISTORICAL FACTS: Plibersek lists more species after fires - Caught on Camera

The mountain skink has just been added to the nation's growing list of threatened species. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A striking black and red cockatoo with picky eating habits and a mountain-climbing lizard are the latest to be inscribed on Australia's growing list of threatened species.

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019/20 took a heavy toll on both animals, with federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek formally declaring on Tuesday that both are in trouble.

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