Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread but apparently of naturally rare occurrence (Jacobsen 1989). No known substantial threats.
Distribution
Restricted to southeastern Africa, from Tanzania south to the northeastern parts of South Africa (Broadley 1971). In South Africa it is restricted to the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, and Eswatini (Swaziland) (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}
}
,@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{13265814,
author = {Broadley, D.G.},
journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
number = {1},
pages = {13--23},
title = {A review of the <i>Elapsoidea semiannulata</i> complex (Serpentes: Elapidae)},
volume = {47},
year = {1998}
}
,@article{13265814,
author = {Broadley, D.G.},
journal = {Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences},
pages = {577--626},
title = {A revision of the African snake genus <i>Elapsoidea</i> Bocage (Elapidae)},
volume = {4},
year = {1971}
}
,]
