Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This document includes both an assessment and status report on the Enos Lake benthic and limnetic threespine stickleback species pair (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Canada. It includes species information, distribution, habitat, and biology information, as well as population sizes and trends, limiting factors and threats, special significance of the species, and existing protection or other status.--Includes text from document.
This report evaluates the status of the Eastern and Western yellow-bellied racers (Coluber constrictor flaviventris) and (Coluber constrictor mormon). Distribution of these species in Canada is restricted to extreme south central Saskatchewan and interior British Columbia respectively. The report provides general information on the species (name and classification, description) and describes the following: distribution; habitat; biology; population sizes and trends; limiting factors and threats; special significance of the species; existing protection or other status.