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Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and generally common, with no major threats; therefore considered Least Concern.

Distribution

Endemic to southeastern Africa. Distributed from Zambia and Malawi southwards to Zimbabwe and adjacent parts of Mozambique and Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa (Branch 1998). It occurs in the South African provinces of Limpopo, Mpumalanga (northern and eastern) and KwaZulu-Natal (northern), with a single record in extreme northern North-West Province (Bates et al. 2014). Jacobsen (1989) also recorded the species in North-West Province, but he noted that this outlier record was probably the result of a translocation, and is therefore not included in the current distribution.

Habitat View more ecological information

Population trend

Trend

The population is considered stable. However, Jacobsen (1989) noted that some populations, like the one at Nylsvley Nature Reserve in Limpopo, are very small.

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}
}
,@techreport{5336,
 address = {Pretoria, South Africa},
 author = {Jacobsen, N.H.G.},
 institution = {Chief Directorate of Nature and Environmental Conservation},
 title = {The distribution and conservation status of reptiles and amphibians in the Transvaal. Final Report Project TN 6/4/1/30},
 year = {1989}
}
,@article{9160,
 author = {Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Edwards, S., Davids, Z., da Silva, J.M. and Branch, W.R.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {5},
 pages = {465--493},
 title = {A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus <i>Gerrhosaurus</i>  Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new  genera},
 volume = {3750},
 year = {2013}
}
,@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}
}
,]

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