Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
This species is widely distributed and locally abundant. There are no substantial threats at present.
Distribution
Meroles suborbitalis is widely distributed from north-central Namibia southwards to the Tankwa Karoo and southeastern Great Karoo (Branch 1998, Bates et al. 2014). In South Africa it occurs in the Northern and Western Cape provinces (Bates et al. 2014).
[@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{10241,
author = {Bauer, A.M. and Branch, W.R.},
journal = {Herpetological Natural History},
pages = {111--160},
title = {The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park and the adjacent northern Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa},
volume = {8},
year = {2003}
}
,@book{196984,
address = {Pretoria, South Africa},
author = {Branch, W.R., Tolley, K.A., Cunningham, M., Bauer, A.M., Alexander, G., Harrison, J.A., Turner, A.A. and Bates, M.F.},
publisher = {South African National Biodiversity Institute},
title = {A Plan for Phylogenetic Studies of Southern African Reptiles: Proceedings of a Workshop held at Kirstenbosch, February 2006},
year = {2006}
}
,]
