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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Graham Alexander
Facilitators: 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 in parts of its range, hence it is assessed as Least Concern.

Distribution

Found in Eswatini (Swaziland), the eastern parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces and the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa (Bates et al. 2014). In southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe, it is replaced by Aspidelaps scutatus fulafula (Broadley and Baldwin 2006).


Population trend

Trend

The population is inferred to be stable.

Threats

There are no major threats to this subspecies.

Uses and trade

The species is not known to be used or traded.

Conservation

No conservation actions are 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 = {Marais, J.},
 publisher = {Struik},
 title = {A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa},
 year = {2004}
}
,@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}
}
,@phdthesis{196991,
 author = {Boycott, R.C.},
 school = {M.Sc. thesis, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa},
 title = {A Herpetofaunal Survey of Swaziland},
 year = {1992}
}
,@article{110167993,
 author = {Broadley, D.G. and Baldwin, A.S.},
 journal = {Herpetological Natural History},
 number = {2},
 pages = {163--176},
 title = {Taxonomy, natural history, and zoogeography of the southern African Shield Cobras, Genus <i>Aspidelaps</i> (Serpentes: Elapidae)},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2006}
}
,]
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