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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Bryan Maritz
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Michael Bates Juan-Jacques Forgus Krystal Tolley Luke Verburgt Josh Weeber

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common throughout its range with no major threats; therefore considered Least Concern.

Distribution

The confused taxonomy of species and populations allied to Boaedon capensis make an assessment of distribution difficult at this stage. As currently understood (e.g. Broadley 1990, Branch 1998, as L. fuliginosus), the species occurs ubiquitously across southern Africa (including Zambia), although it appears to be absent in the highlands of Lesotho and in large parts of the Eastern Cape in South Africa (Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The population is suspected to be stable.

Threats

There are no known substantial threats to this species.

Uses and trade

Members of this species are collected from the wild as pets, but are largely not traded, and unlikely collected in large enough numbers to threaten the species.

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}
}
,@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}
}
,@article{11229,
 author = {Kelly, C.M.R., Branch, W.R., Broadley, D.G., Barker, N.P and Villet, M.H.},
 journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution},
 number = {3},
 pages = {415--426},
 title = {Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera <i>Lamprophis</i> Fitzinger 1843 and <i>Mehelya</i> Csiki 1903},
 volume = {58},
 year = {2011}
}
,@article{21583854,
 author = {Hughes, B.},
 journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
 number = {2},
 pages = {68--77},
 title = {<i>Dasypeltis scabra</i> and <i>Lamprophis fuliginosus</i> - two pan-African snakes in the Horn of Africa: A tribute to Don Broadley},
 volume = {46},
 year = {1997}
}
,@inbook{21583854,
 address = {Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, South Africa},
 author = {Brassine, M.C., Kelly, C.M.R., Barker, N.P. and Villet, M.H.},
 booktitle = {The phylogenetics of the <i>Lamprophis fuliginosus/capensis</i> species complex in southern Africa (abstract)},
 pages = {13},
 title = {Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 26-30 November 2008.},
 year = {2008}
}
,@article{21583854,
 author = {Greenbaum, E., Portillo, F., Jackson, K. and Kusamba, C. },
 journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
 number = {1},
 pages = {18--38},
 title = {A phylogeny of Central African <i>Boaedon</i> (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift},
 volume = {64},
 year = {2015}
}
,@article{21583854,
 author = {Trape, J.F. and Mediannikov, O.},
 journal = {Société Herpétologique de France},
 pages = {61--111},
 title = {Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre <i>Boaedon</i> Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale},
 volume = {159},
 year = {2016}
}
,]
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