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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates Le Fras Mouton
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Adriaan Jordaan Graham Alexander Jody Taft Josh Weeber

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Although this taxon is relatively widespread, with minimal habitat alternation within its range. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to the Limpopo Province, South Africa, where it occurs along the Soutpansberg range and on smaller ridges between this range and Woodbush in the south (Jacobsen 1989, Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to stable, given that there is minimal habitat loss within its range and much of the distribution is within the Soutpansberg where habitat is intact.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Uses and trade

The species is listed in CITES Appendix II, but it has never been exported under CITES for trade  (UNEP-WCMC 2017).

Conservation

This species is listed in CITES Appendix II; it occurs in some protected areas. No conservation actions are recommended.

References 

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 year = {2014}
}
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 year = {2017}
}
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 pages = {53--70},
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 volume = {58},
 year = {2011}
}
,@techreport{5336,
 address = {Pretoria, South Africa},
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G.},
 institution = {Chief Directorate of Nature and Environmental Conservation},
 title = {The distribution and conservation status of reptiles and amphibians in the Transvaal. Final Report Project TN 6/4/1/30},
 year = {1989}
}
,@article{5336,
 author = {Stanley, E.L. and Bates, M.F.},
 journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},
 number = {4},
 pages = {892–909. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12187},
 title = {Here be dragons: a phylogenetic and biogeographical study of the <i>Smaug warreni</i> species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa},
 volume = {172},
 year = {2014}
}
,]
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