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Data Deficient (DD)
Assessors: Krystal Tolley Michael Bates
Contributors: Josh Weeber
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Buyisile Makhubo Adrian Armstrong Werner Conradie Bryan Maritz

Rationale

This species is recorded from just two localities. Given that its distribution is essentially unknown, it is considered Data Deficient.

Distribution

Only known from two sites north of the Pongola River in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (Jacobsen et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

 This species is Data Deficient so no inferences regarding population status can be made. 

Threats

There is too little information on distribution to determine whether the species is impacted by threats, however, there are no known threats at the two sites where the species has been recorded to date.

Uses and trade

This species is not known to be traded.

Conservation

 Given Afroedura pongola is Data Deficient, information regarding whether this species has a small range, or could be more widespread is the first step of essential information required to complete an assessment of this species' status.

References 

[@electronic{181632,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
 year = {2018}
}
,@book{19520513,
 address = {Pretoria, South Africa.},
 author = {Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C.},
 publisher = {Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute},
 title = {The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland},
 year = {2006}
}
,@article{196887,
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G., Kuhn, A.L., Jackman, T.R. and Bauer. A.M.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {4},
 pages = {451--501. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1},
 title = {A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus <i>Afroedura</i> Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa},
 volume = {3846},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{196897,
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G.},
 journal = {Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa},
 pages = {22--25},
 title = {Flat geckos (genus <i>Afroedura</i>) in the Transvaal},
 volume = {40},
 year = {1992}
}
,]
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