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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates William Branch
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Werner Conradie Margaretha Hofmeyr Paula Strauss

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Common and not threatened throughout its range, much of which falls in semi-arid areas with very low agricultural or urban impact.

Distribution

Found throughout much of the central Kalahari of Botswana and adjacent Northern Cape Province and Namibia, extending up to the western parts of Caprivi Strip, western Zimbabwe and southern parts of Zambia. with an isolated record in north-western Namibia (Broadley and Rasmussen 1995, Branch 1998, Broadley and Van Daele 2003, Bates et al. 2014, Pietersen et al. 2017). Recently collected in south-eastern Angola (W. Conradie pers. comm.). The single isolated  record in Limpopo Province, from ‘near Mopane’, is based on an ‘unconfirmed report illustrated by photos’; the area has suitable relict patches of Kalahari sand, but no specimens were found during surveys in the 1970s/1980s (Jacobsen 1989: 257).

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered stable.

Threats

There are no substantial threats to this species.

Uses and trade

There is no known utilization.

Conservation

None recommended.

References 

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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}
}
,@book{2817,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Branch, W.R.},
 publisher = {Struik Publishers},
 title = {Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third 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}
}
,@article{120694322,
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 volume = {4312},
 year = {2017}
}
,@article{178743,
 author = {Haacke, W.D.},
 journal = {Annals of the Transvaal Museum},
 pages = {29--39},
 title = {The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 3 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {30},
 year = {1976}
}
,@article{196911,
 author = {Broadley, D.G. and Rasmussen, G.S.A.},
 journal = {African Herpetological News},
 pages = {52},
 title = {Geographical distribution, Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae: <i>Colopus w. wahlbergii</i> Peters},
 volume = {22},
 year = {1995}
}
,@article{196911,
 author = {Broadley, D.G. and Van Daele, P.},
 journal = {African Herpetological News},
 pages = {20},
 title = {Geographical distribution: <i>Colopus wahlbergi</i>},
 volume = {36},
 year = {2003}
}
,@article{196911,
 author = {Pietersen, D.W., Pietersen, E.W. and Conradie, W},
 journal = {Amphibian & Reptile Conservation },
 number = {1},
 pages = {24--43},
 title = {Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia},
 volume = {11},
 year = {2017}
}
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