Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Has a restricted range within South Africa but is widespread and abundant elsewhere. This snake is highly mobile and faces no significant threats.
Distribution
Found from northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa northwards into Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and elsewhere further north to Tanzania (Broadley 1990). Within South Africa it has a patchy distribution, with populations in Hhluhluwe Nature Reserve, the Sibaya area and Mangusi Forest near Kosi Bay (Bates et al. 2014).
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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},
author = {Marais, J.},
publisher = {Struik},
title = {A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa},
year = {2004}
}
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address = {Parklands, South Africa},
author = {Broadley, D.G.},
publisher = {Jonathan Ball and Ad. Donker Publishers},
title = {FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa},
year = {1990}
}
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address = {San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Boston, London},
author = {Spawls, S., Howell, K.M., Drewes, R.C. and Ashe, J.},
publisher = {Academic Press, Elsevier Science},
title = {A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa},
year = {2002}
}
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