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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates William Branch
Contributors: Josh Weeber
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal A Tolley
Reviewers: Adrian Armstrong Buyisile Makhubo Bryan Maritz

Rationale (Changed due to Knowledge of criteria)

Has a small distribution with an extent of occurrence of  1,347 km2. However, the species is found in areas that have little habitat alteration so it is not considered to be in decline. This species is therefore considered Least Concern.


Distribution

Endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa. Restricted to a narrow belt of dolerite rocks and montane grassland on the summit ridge of the Nuweveldberg (Good et al. 1996, Branch 1998, Bates et al. 2014).

Decline

None

Population trend

Trend

The species is considered stable, and not fragmented. Most of the distribution falls in an area that has little impacts so the habitat is essentially intact.

Threats

There are no significant threats.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

A significant part of the range occurs in the Karoo National Park, a protected area. The distribution is not well understood, so surveys in adjacent areas along the escarpment for the species would be useful to better understand its extent of occurrence .

References 

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 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
 year = {2018}
}
,@book{612,
 address = {Pretoria},
 author = {Bates, M.F., Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M., Burger, M., Marais, J., Alexander, G.J. and de Villiers, M.S.},
 publisher = {Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute},
 title = {Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland},
 year = {2014}
}
,@book{2817,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Branch, W.R.},
 publisher = {Struik Publishers},
 title = {Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@article{17124,
 author = {Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. and Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences},
 number = {14},
 pages = {447--497},
 title = {The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos, with a review of Old World '<i>Phyllodactylus</i>' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the description of five new genera},
 volume = {49},
 year = {1997}
}
,@article{169697,
 author = {Branch, W.R. and Braack, H.H.},
 journal = {Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa},
 pages = {26--35},
 title = {Reptiles and amphibians in the Karoo National Park: A surprising diversity. In W.R. Branch (ed.). Proceedings of the First HAA Conference},
 volume = {36},
 year = {1989}
}
,@article{169697,
 author = {Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M. and Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
 number = {2},
 pages = {49--58},
 title = {A new species of <i>Phyllodactylus</i> (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karoo National Park, South Africa},
 volume = {45},
 year = {1996}
}
,]
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