Red List of South African Species

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Least Concern (LC)

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common with no known substantial threats.

Distribution

Endemic to southern Africa. Found in South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho and Namibia (Broadley 1990, Branch 1998). Found in all nine provinces of South Africa, but absent from most of the North-West, western Free State and central Northern Cape provinces (Bates et al. 2014). Several records in the eastern part of the Northern Cape are somewhat out of range and considered questionable but do not the currently known distribution.

Population trend

Trend

The population is suspected to be stable.

Threats

There are no known substantial threats to this subspecies.

Uses and trade

There is no known utilization.

Conservation

None recommended.

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