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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

This species is considered Least Concern due to its wide distribution stretching over several countries and because it is possibly common, although seldom encountered due to its fossorial nature.

Distribution

Widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa between latitudes 10° and 31° south of the equator, inclusive of northeastern and eastern South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Angola and southern Democratic Republic of Congo (Broadley 1971, 1990, Jacobsen 1989, Branch 1998). In South Africa it occurs in Limpopo, eastern Mpumalanga, Gauteng and eastern KwaZulu-Natal. Two questionable outlier localities (see maps in Broadley 1990 and Bates et al. 2014) require confirmation but do not influence the Extent of Occurrence estimate used in this assessment

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

The population is suspected to be 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}
}
,@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}
}
,@book{10242,
 address = {Parklands, South Africa},
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 publisher = {Jonathan Ball and Ad. Donker Publishers},
 title = {FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa},
 year = {1990}
}
,@article{176271,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences},
 pages = {629--697},
 title = {A revision of the African snake genera <i>Amblyodipsas</i> and <i>Xenocalamus</i>},
 volume = {4},
 year = {1971}
}
,]

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