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

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Has a small range (extent of occurrence ca 2,400 km2), with some habitat transformation. However, most of the range remains intact, so this species is considered Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to the Queenstown region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Bates et al. 2014).

Decline

Moderate

Population trend

Trend

No information on population size is available, but it is assumed to be common.

Threats

 There are no known threats to this species, although there is some land transformation in the region. The species does not occur in any protected areas.

Uses and trade

This species is not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

No conservation actions are recommended.

References 

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 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
 year = {2018}
}
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 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}
}
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 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}
}
,@article{174109,
 author = {Makhubo, B.G., Tolley, K.A. and Bates, M.F.},
 journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
 pages = {31--42},
 title = {Molecular phylogeny of the <i>Afroedurua nivaria</i> (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) species complex in South Africa provides insight on cryptic speciation},
 volume = {82},
 year = {2015}
}
,@article{196887,
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G., Kuhn, A.L., Jackman, T.R. and Bauer. A.M.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {4},
 pages = {451--501. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1},
 title = {A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus <i>Afroedura</i> Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa},
 volume = {3846},
 year = {2014}
}
,]
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