Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and common with no known substantial threats.
Distribution
Widespread in the eastern and southern parts of southern Africa, extending northwards to Tropical Africa (Broadley 1990, Branch 1998). In South Africa it is found in the provinces of the Western and Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North-West and Limpopo. It also occurs in Lesotho and Eswatini (Swaziland). The species has been recorded marginally in the southern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, but is notably absent from most of the drier parts of the province (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}
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address = {Cape Town},
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publisher = {Struik Publishers},
title = {Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Edition},
year = {1998}
}
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author = {De Waal, S.W.P.},
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pages = {1--160},
title = {The Squamata (Reptilia) of the Orange Free State, South Africa},
volume = {11},
year = {1978}
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,@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}
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,@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}
}
,@phdthesis{110152789,
author = {Engelbrecht, H.M.},
school = {Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch},
title = {The Radiation and Biogeography of Snakes Across South-eastern Africa with Respect to the Evolution of the Savanna Biome},
year = {2017}
}
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