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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common in its range as a whole. In has a relatively small range in South Africa, but it is abundant and occurs in several protected areas.

Distribution

Restricted to southern Africa, where it occurs throughout Zimbabwe, in west-central Mozambique, eastern Botswana, and in the northern Limpopo Province of South Africa (Broadley 1977, Jacobsen 1989, Bates et al. 2014).

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered to be 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}
}
,@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{174124,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {Arnoldia (Rhodesia)},
 number = {18},
 pages = {1--19},
 title = {A review of the northeastern forms of the <i>Pachydactylus capensis</i> complex (Sauria: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {8},
 year = {1977}
}
,@article{196949,
 author = {Barts, M.},
 journal = {Sauria},
 pages = {3--11},
 title = {Die Dickfingergeckos des s&uuml;dlichen Afrikas. Teil IV. <i>Pachydactylus tigrinus</i> Van Dam, 1921},
 volume = {27(2)},
 year = {2005}
}
,]

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