Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and abundant, with no known substantial threats.
Distribution
Widespread in eastern and southern Africa. Occurs from southern Tanzania westwards to southern Angola and northern Namibia, and southwards to South Africa and Eswatini (Swaziland) (Broadley 1990). In South Africa it is known from Limpopo, Mpumulanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal provinces, and the northeastern part of the North-West Province (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}
}
,@article{5336,
author = {Bourquin, O.},
journal = {Durban Museum Novitates},
pages = {57--103},
title = {Reptiles (Reptilia) in KwaZulu-Natal: 1 - diversity and distribution},
volume = {29},
year = {2004}
}
,@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}
}
,]
