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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates William Branch
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal A Tolley
Reviewers: Adrian Armstrong Buyisile Makhubo Bryan Maritz Josh Weeber

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread, abundant and tolerant of transformed habitats, hence this species is assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Naturally endemic to the Cape Fold Mountain region of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces, but its commensal habits have resulted in numerous translocations (e.g. Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, East London, and numerous offshore islands on the West Coast of South Africa and Namibia, as well as St Helena in the mid-Atlantic Ocean; Branch 1991). There are a  number of questionable records from inland areas of Namaqualand, including Bitterfontein (Port Elizabeth Museum), Nieuwoudtville (South African Museum), as well as several records from the Great Karoo (Visser 1984) and these may represent translocations or mis-identifications (Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to be stable and not fragmented due to the large distribution and tolerance of altered habitats.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

No conservation actions are recommended. The range coincides with a number of protected areas.

References 

[@electronic{181632,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
 year = {2018}
}
,@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. Third Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@article{16939,
 author = {Loveridge, A.},
 journal = {Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College},
 number = {1},
 pages = {1--469},
 title = {Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkonidae},
 volume = {98},
 year = {1947}
}
,@article{16939,
 author = {Hewitt, J.},
 journal = {Annals of the Natal Museum},
 number = {2},
 pages = {199--209},
 title = {Descriptions of South African lizards},
 volume = {8},
 year = {1937}
}
,@article{17124,
 author = {Visser, J.},
 journal = {Landbouweekblad},
 pages = {48--49, 51--52},
 title = {Akkedisse van Suider-Afrika 16. Blaartone se spore lê in baie lande},
 volume = {6 July 1984},
 year = {1984}
}
,@article{169704,
 author = {Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums},
 number = {10},
 pages = {205--225},
 title = {The herpetofauna of the offshore islands of South Africa},
 volume = {18},
 year = {1991}
}
,@article{169704,
 author = {Hewitt, J.},
 journal = {Records of the Albany Museum},
 pages = {283--357},
 title = {Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa},
 volume = {4},
 year = {1935}
}
,]
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