Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and common with no known substantial threats; therefore considered Least Concern.
Distribution
This species has a large natural range across most of sub-Saharan Africa, and also occurs naturally along the east coast of South America and in the Antilles. Within South Africa, the natural range was previously restricted to mesic areas of the northern provinces and Indian Ocean coastal strip south of Maputaland (FitzSimons 1943, Bates et al. 2014). Bourquin (1987) noted the expansion of populations along the KwaZulu-Natal coast. As it is commensal, its range within South Africa has increased due to translocation, mainly to urban areas Bates et al. 2014). FitzSimons (1943: 48) dismissed early records from Pretoria (Roux 1907) and Mortimer in the Western Cape (Cott 1934) as 'extremely doubtful' and 'quite unacceptable', respectively. However, both may have reflected very early translocations. This gecko has also been extensively translocated internationally (see review by Kraus 2009), but only in its natural range does it inhabit trees and rock outcrops in woodland.
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address = {Pretoria},
author = {Bates, M.F., Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M., Burger, M., Marais, J., Alexander, G.J. and de Villiers, M.S.},
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title = {Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland},
year = {2014}
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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}
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year = {2004}
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author = {Bourquin, O.},
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volume = {38},
year = {1987}
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pages = {403--444},
title = {Beiträge zur kenntnis der fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer reise von Prof. Max Weber im jahre 1984. VII. Lacertilia (Eidechsen)},
volume = {25},
year = {1907}
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author = {Cott, H.B.},
journal = {Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London},
pages = {145--173},
title = {The Zoological Society's Expedition to the Zambesi. 1927: No. 5. On a collection of Lizards mainly from Portuguese East Africa, with descriptions of the new species of <i>Zonurus, Monopeltis and Chirindia</i>.},
volume = {1},
year = {1934}
}
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