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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates William Branch
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Werner Conradie Margaretha Hofmeyr Alex Rebelo Nicolas Telford

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common, with no major threats; the species is therefore considered Least Concern.

Distribution

This species is distributed in South Africa, Namibia and southern Angola, eastern Botswana and adjacent southwestern Zimbabwe (Branch 1998, Jacobsen 2011). In South Africa, there is an apparently isolated population in northwestern Limpopo Province (Bates et al. 2014).. The southernmost record in Limpopo Province is considered questionable as it may represent a translocation or an atypical Lygodactylus capensis capensis specimen (Jacobsen 2011), and it has been excluded from the assessment.

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 

[@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. Third Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@article{16939,
 author = {Loveridge, A.},
 journal = {Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College},
 number = {1},
 pages = {1--469},
 title = {Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae},
 volume = {98},
 year = {1947}
}
,@article{16939,
 author = {FitzSimons, V.F.M.},
 journal = {Memoirs of the Transvaal Museum},
 pages = {i--xv + 1--528, +24 pls + map},
 title = {The lizards of South Africa},
 volume = {1},
 year = {1943}
}
,@phdthesis{196921,
 author = {Travers, S.L.},
 school = {M.Sc. thesis, Villanova University, Villanova},
 title = {Molecular Phylogenetics, Species Limits and Historical Biogeography of Southern African Dwarf Geckos, <i>Lygodactylus</i> Gray 1864 (Squamata, Gekkonidae)},
 year = {2012}
}
,@article{196916,
 author = {Röll, B., Pröhl, H. and Hoffmann, K.-P.},
 journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
 number = {1},
 pages = {327--335},
 title = {Multigene phylogenetic analysis of <i>Lygodactylus</i> dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {56},
 year = {2010}
}
,@article{196916,
 author = {Pasteur, G.},
 journal = {Travaux  de  l’Institut  Scientifique  Chérifien, Série Zoologie, Rabat},
 pages = {1--132},
 title = {Recherches sur l'&Eacute;volution des lygodactyles, lezards afro-malgaches actuels},
 volume = {29},
 year = {1965}
}
,@article{196916,
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G. },
 journal = {African Herp News},
 pages = {21--27},
 title = {The distribution of <i>Lygodactylus bradfieldi</i> Hewitt 1932 in Limpopo Province, South Africa.},
 volume = {53},
 year = {2011}
}
,]
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