Red List of South African Species

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

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common; no major threats, hence this species is assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to southwestern southern Africa, including western portions of the Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa, and a single locality (Skerpionkop) in the Lüderitz district, Namibia (Bates et al. 2014). In South Africa it ranges from the Ceres district to the northern Richtersveld, with inland populations as far east as the Roggeveldberg and Hantamsberg mountains.

Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to be stable.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized in any way.

Conservation

The range coincides with some protected areas. No conservation actions are recommended.

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 = {19},
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}
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 author = {Bauer, A.M., Lamb, T. and Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences},
 pages = {595--709},
 title = {A revision of the <i>Pachydactylus serval</i> and <i>P. weberi</i> groups (Reptilia: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) of southern Africa, with the description of eight new species},
 volume = {57},
 year = {2006}
}
,]
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