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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Michael Bates William Branch
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Werner Conradie Margaretha Hofmeyr Paula Strauss

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common with no substantial threats; the species is therefore considered Least Concern.

Distribution

A predominantly tropical species ranging from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana into southern Angola, eastwards to Tanzania (with scattered records in Kenya). In South Africa, it is found in  Namaqualand and the northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province where it appears to be sympatric with Chondrodactylus bibronii.  It also occurs in Eswatini (Swaziland) and northeastern South Africa, from the eastern North-West Province, most of Limpopo Province, and in northern KwaZulu-Natal Province (Bates et al. 2014). There is a large gap between the northwestern and northeastern parts of the South African distribution.

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered stable.

Threats

There are no substantial threats to this species.

Uses and trade

There is no known utilization.

Conservation

None recommended.

References 

[@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{2817,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Branch, W.R.},
 publisher = {Struik Publishers},
 title = {Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Edition},
 year = {1998}
}
,@article{16939,
 author = {FitzSimons, V.F.M.},
 journal = {Memoirs of the Transvaal Museum},
 pages = {i--xv + 1--528, +24 pls + map},
 title = {The lizards of South Africa},
 volume = {1},
 year = {1943}
}
,@article{174121,
 author = {Bauer, A.M. and Lamb, T.},
 journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
 pages = {105--129},
 title = {Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the <i>Pachydactylus</i> Group (Squamata: Gekkonidae)},
 volume = {54},
 year = {2005}
}
,@phdthesis{196906,
 author = {Benyr, G.},
 school = {Diplomarbeit, Universiteit Wien, Vienna},
 title = {Systematik und Taxonomie der Geckos des <i>Pachydactylus bibronii-laevigatus</i> Komplexes (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)},
 year = {1995}
}
,]
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