Listed as Least Concern in view of its very wide distribution, its tolerance of arid conditions and its presumed large and stable population.
Distribution
This widespread species from the savannah zone of sub-Saharan Africa occurs in xeric regions from Senegal, Mauritania (Adrar and presumably the extreme south), southwards to southern Angola, northeastern Namibia, and South Africa. There is probably a disjunction in its range in southern Tanzania, northern Zambia and northern Mozambique due to lack of suitable habitats. There are no records from Kenya and Uganda, and records appear to be lacking from Burkina Faso, Chad, and Central African Republic though it presumably occurs in these countries. It was previously thought to have occurred in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia, however, these records have now been assigned to Tomopterna elegans and Tomopterna kachowskii (Zimkus and Larson 2011).
It is very hard to identify with certainty without calls, so the distribution map is provisional, and many of the records might refer to Tomopterna tandyi.
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