Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Heliobolus lugubris is widely distributed across savanna within South Africa. It is found in a number of large protected areas, and there are no substantial threats to this species or its habitat.
Distribution
Very widely distributed, from southern Angola through Namibia, Botswana, southwestern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and South Africa (Branch 1998). In South Africa, it occurs in Limpopo, northern Mpumalanga, the western part of North-West and the northern parts of Northern Cape provinces (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}
}
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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}
}
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