article_snippet.sent: The startling figures confirm fears that the small British mammal is suffering a huge decline.
article_snippet.sent: Conservationists are worried that once-common snakes are also vanishing.
article_snippet.sent: Daniel Hayhow, RSPB conservation scientist, said: ‘Despite remaining widespread in many areas of the UK, important habitats for slow worms and grass snakes have been lost.
article_snippet.sent: As gardens become tidier, reptile homes have been lost, leaving a shortage of habitats in which to live and breed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Wildlife survey suggested the small British mammal is in huge decline .
  