Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and common throughout its range, with known substantial threats.
Distribution
Widespread through the southeastern regions of Africa. Occurs from Zambia southwards to South Africa, where it is known from Eswatini (Swaziland) and all provinces in South Africa, although it is apparently absent from large parts of the Northern and Western Cape provinces (Branch 1998, Bates et al. 2014).
[@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. Second Edition},
year = {1998}
}
,@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}
}
,]
