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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

A widespread and common species with no major threats hence assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and southern Botswana (Broadley 1990). Widespread but absent from KwaZulu-Natal Province and large parts of the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces (Bates et al. 2014).

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

The population is suspected to be stable given that it is widespread and common.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species are known.

Uses and trade

Not known to be utilized.

Conservation

Occurs in many protected areas across its wide range; no conservation actions are recommended.

References

[@electronic{181632,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2},
 year = {2018}
}
,@book{612,
 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}
}
,@book{10242,
 address = {Parklands, South Africa},
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 publisher = {Jonathan Ball and Ad. Donker Publishers},
 title = {FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa},
 year = {1990}
}
,@article{110153584,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {African Herp News},
 pages = {36--37},
 title = {Geographical distribution notes, Serpentes, Colubridae. <i>Prosymna lineata</i> (Peters, 1871): Lined Shovel-snout.},
 volume = {30},
 year = {1999}
}
,]

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