Red List of South African Species

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

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Relatively widespread and common; occurs across a diversity of habitats and is not subject to any significant threats, hence this species is assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the western portions of the Northern Cape and adjacent extreme northern Western Cape, from the western Richtersveld in the north to the Knersvlakte and Groenriviermond in the south (Lamb and Bauer 2000, Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to be stable and not fragmented, given that most of its range is not impacted by human activities.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

The range coincides with some protected areas. No conservation actions are recommended.

References 

[@electronic{181632,
 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{10241,
 author = {Bauer, A.M. and Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {Herpetological Natural History},
 pages = {111--160},
 title = {The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park and the adjacent northern Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa},
 volume = {8},
 year = {2003}
}
,@article{174124,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {Arnoldia (Rhodesia)},
 number = {18},
 pages = {1--19},
 title = {A review of the northeastern forms of the <i>Pachydactylus capensis</i> complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {8},
 year = {1977}
}
,@article{196931,
 author = {Lamb, T. and Bauer, A.M.},
 journal = {African Zoology},
 number = {1},
 pages = {55--67. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11407192},
 title = {Relationships of the <i>Pachydactylus rugosus</i> group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {35},
 year = {2000}
}
,@article{196931,
 author = {McLachlan, G.R.},
 journal = {Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa},
 pages = {4--7},
 title = {The taxonomy of <i>Pachydactylus rugosus</i>},
 volume = {21},
 year = {1979}
}
,@article{196931,
 author = {FitzSimons, V.F.M.},
 journal = {Annals of the Transvaal Museum},
 pages = {273--281},
 title = {Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from southern Rhodesia},
 volume = {20},
 year = {1941}
}
,]
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