Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Wide-ranging and common with no major threats. Apart from the most southerly parts, most of its distribution is not greatly fragmented (Driver et al. 2012) hence this species is listed as Least Concern.
Distribution
Endemic to the Western and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa (Bates et al. 2014). Distributed in a narrow belt along the West Coast, from around Langebaan to Alexander Bay (Branch 1998, Tolley and Burger 2007) with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 58,486 km2. In some areas, the species may reach 100 km inland, depending on the availability of appropriate vegetation. Records immediately north of Cape Town are unconfirmed and may represent Bradypodion pumilum or a hybrid between B. pumilum and B. occidentale. There are reports of an isolated, introduced subpopulation in Lüderitz, Namibia (Branch 1998).
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