Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and common with no major threats and a large extent of occurrence (EOO) of more than 74,500 km2, hence this species is listed as Least Concern.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the southwestern part of South Africa (Tolley and Burger 2007, Bates et al. 2014) and has an EOO of 74, 552 km2. Most records are in the Western Cape Province, but the northernmost locality is at Gannaga Pass near Sutherland in the Northern Cape Province. The species occurs from the Worcester area to Uniondale, generally within the Cape Fold Mountains but also in suitable vegetation patches in the Little Karoo and on the Agulhas Plain from Cape Agulhas eastwards to the Outeniqua Mountains near Mossel Bay (Tolley and Burger 2004).
No information on population size or trend is available, but the species is estimated to be stable.
Threats
In some areas of this species' distribution the landscape is impacted by urban development and agricultural land transformation, and habitat fragmentation (Meadows and Hoffmann 2002).
Uses and trade
There is no known trade in this species at present, although six individuals were exported under CITES in 1992 (UNEP-WCMC 2017).
Conservation
This species is listed in CITES Appendix II; it occurs in many protected areas. No conservation actions are recommended, but it should be noted that this chameleon is under threat from habitat loss through agricultural land transformation and habitat fragmentation. Information provided in the National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (Driver et al. 2012) suggests that 25% of its historical natural habitat is presently transformed. This species does not generally tolerate altered environments such as urban gardens or agricultural fields.
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