The number of reptile species at risk of extinction around the world are higher than previously thought with Australian animals among the most at risk, according to a new machine-based learning tool. 9News
, come less than a month after it was found one in five reptile species are at risk of extinction.
The study authors explained many animal species were not evaluated as "the process for categorising species is laborious and subject to bias heavily on manual curation by human experts". The researchers then validated the model's accuracy by comparing it to the Red List risk categorisations.Elapid snakes,front-fanged venomous snakes like brown snakes, are 'probably more threatened than the Global Reptile Assessment currently highlights'.
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