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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates Atherton de Villiers Werner Conradie
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Krystal Tolley

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and very common in certain parts of its range, especially in bushveld areas (FitzSimons 1943, Jacobsen 1989, Bates et al. 2014).

Distribution

Has an extensive but somewhat fragmented distribution, ranging southwards and southwestwards from Ethiopia through East Africa and Angola into southern Africa, where it occurs in parts of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland (FitzSimons 1943, Branch 1998, Clauss and Clauss 2002, Branch 2005). In South Africa it has a relatively wide distribution in Limpopo, the northern and eastern parts of Mpumalanga, northern Gauteng, northeastern North-West, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. There are some records within the Grassland Biome, but it may be that these areas are wooded or that the lizards there are living on buildings and/or trees in gardens.

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered to be stable given that the species is widespread and common.

Threats

There are no substantial threats to this subspecies.

Uses and trade

The taxon is not used or traded.

Conservation

No conservation actions are recommended.

References 

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