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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Has a relatively broad range in largely inaccessible montane habitats that are not under any major threat and is hence assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to South Africa where it occurs in the eastern Cape Fold Mountains and southern escarpment mountains of the Western Cape and adjacent Northern Cape provinces (Branch et al. 1996, Bates et al. 2014).

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to be stable, given that the distribution is in areas that have minimal impacts from 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 a number of protected areas. No conservation actions are recommended.

References

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 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
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 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}
}
,@article{9160,
 author = {Branch, W.R. and Bauer, A.M.},
 journal = {Herpetological Natural History},
 number = {1},
 pages = {47--89},
 title = {Herpetofauna of the Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa with notes on life history and taxonomy},
 volume = {3},
 year = {1995}
}
,@article{196938,
 author = {Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M. and Good, D.A.},
 journal = {South African Journal of Zoology},
 number = {2},
 pages = {53--69},
 title = {A review of the Namaqua gecko, <i>Pachydactylus namaquensis</i> (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with the description of two new species},
 volume = {31},
 year = {1996}
}
,]

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