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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. It is also commensal and easily translocated.

Distribution

Its natural range is from Tanzania southwards to Eswatini (Swaziland), Botswana, South Africa (Northern Cape, northwestern Free State, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal) and westwards into southern Angola. Like the Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia), this species is commensal and expanding its range. There are numerous introduced populations in South Africa (Bates et al. 2014), e.g. Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown (Branch 1998), Bloemfontein (Bates 2005), near Stellenbosch and at Somerset West (De Villiers 2006), near Cape Town (Witberg and Van Zyl 2008), George (Jacobsen 2012), East London, and even in Addo Elephant National Park (Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered stable.

Threats

There are no substantial threats to this subspecies.

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. Second Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@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{196917,
 author = {Bates, M.F.},
 journal = {Culna},
 pages = {6--7},
 title = {Dwarf geckos have invaded Bloemfontein},
 volume = {60},
 year = {2005}
}
,@article{196917,
 author = {De Villiers, A.L.},
 journal = {African Herp News},
 pages = {29--30},
 title = {Geographical distribution: <i>Lygodactylus capensis capensis</i>},
 volume = {40},
 year = {2006}
}
,@article{196917,
 author = {Witberg, M. and Van Zyl, R.},
 journal = {African Herp News},
 pages = {23--24},
 title = {Geographical distribution: <i> Lygodactylus capensis capensis</i>},
 volume = {46},
 year = {2008}
}
,]
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