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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Has a small range (extent of occurrence (EOO) = 974 km²), but there are no major threats, hence it is listed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to the Western Cape where it occurs in the southern Karoo, north of the Swartberg Mountains to the north of Klaarstroom (Bates et al. 2014), and to the northeast of Prince Albert (K. Tolley upub. data 2018).

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

No information on population size or trend is currently available, but the population is inferred to be stable.

Threats

There are no known substantial threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Although this species is on CITES Appendix II, there have been no reported exports (UNEP-WCMC 2017), so the species is not considered threatened by trade.

Conservation

This species is listed in CITES Appendix II; it is not known to occur in any protected areas. Given the potential taxonomic issues, it would be useful to conduct field surveys to better understand the taxonomy and distribution of the species.

References

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 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. Second Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@electronic{3009,
 address = {https://trade.cites.org/},
 author = {UNEP-WCMC},
 title = {CITES Trade Database},
 year = {2017}
}
,@article{177543,
 author = {Mouton, P. le F.N. and Van Wyk, J.H.},
 journal = {Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa},
 pages = {6--18},
 title = {Taxonomic status of geographical isolates in the <i>Cordylus minor</i> complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae): a description of three new species},
 volume = {43},
 year = {1994}
}
,]

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