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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Johan Marais Andrew Turner
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: Krystal Tolley

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common with no substantial threats.

Distribution

Widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Found in South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), Mozambique, Zimbabwe and north to Kenya, Sudan and Cameroon (Broadley 1990, Spawls et al. 2002). In South Africa, it occurs in the eastern part of South Africa in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, eastern North-West Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and coastal Western Cape provinces. It apparently occurs as scattered subpopulations in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces. Two records from the Cape Peninsula are well separated to the west of the main distribution and may represent introductions (Bates et al. 2014).

Population trend

Trend

The species is inferred to be stable, as it is widespread and common.

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}
}
,@book{2817,
 address = {Cape Town},
 author = {Marais, J.},
 publisher = {Struik},
 title = {A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa},
 year = {2004}
}
,@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}
}
,@book{110159014,
 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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