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

Rationale (Changed due to Knowledge of criteria)

Has a small range (with an extent of occurrence of ca 6,900 km2 but is found in mountainous areas with no significant threats. It is therefore classified as Least Concern.


Distribution

This species is found in the Soutpansberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa, with additional records in the Blouberg Mountain (Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The species is inferred to be stable given that it is essentially distributed in two mountainous areas that are not impacted by human activities.

Threats

There are no serious threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

The range coincides with a protected area. There are records of this species from both the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg mountains. The elevational range of this species suggests that there should be connectivity between these mountains. However, there are few records from either mountain so  improved data on the distribution as well as genetic analyses would assist to understand whether the two mountains form one population.

References 

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 title = {Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland},
 year = {2014}
}
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 volume = {80},
 year = {2014}
}
,@article{196923,
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G.},
 journal = {Journal of African Zoology},
 pages = {231--236},
 title = {A new subspecies of <i>Lygodactylus ocellatus</i> (Roux) (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the Soutpansberg, South Africa},
 volume = {108},
 year = {1994}
}
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