Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Widespread and common with no known substantial threats.
Distribution
Distributed from Zambia and Malawi southwards to South Africa (Limpopo and eastern Mpumalanga provinces) and Eswatini (Swaziland), reaching its western limit in Zimbabwe and eastern Botswana (Broadley and Broadley 1999, 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}
}
,@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{178203,
author = {Broadley, D.G. and Broadley, S.},
journal = {Syntarsus},
pages = {1--36},
title = {A review of the African worm snakes from south of the latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)},
volume = {5},
year = {1999}
}
,@article{44979746,
author = {Broadley, D.G. and Wallach, V.},
journal = {Zootaxa},
pages = {1--78},
title = {A revision of the genus <i>Leptotyphlops</i> in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)},
volume = {1408},
year = {2007}
}
,@article{21584356,
author = {Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. and Hedges, S.B.},
journal = {Zootaxa},
pages = {1--50},
title = {Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae (Squamata, Scolecophidia)},
volume = {2244},
year = {2009}
}
,]