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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Aaron Bauer Werner Conradie
Facilitators: Graham Alexander Krystal Tolley
Reviewers: John Measey Alex Rebelo Nicolas Telford

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Has a relatively wide global distribution. Although some areas of appropriate habitat may be threatened by coastal development or recreational land use, much of the range is included in protected areas and other threats are minimal. Regional EOO is small, but threats are highly localized and fragmentation is slight.

Distribution

Endemic to southern Africa, occurring in coastal southern Mozambique and in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa (Broadley 1968).

Population trend

Trend

The population is estimated to be stable. An estimate of the number of existing subpopulations is not possible.

Threats

There are no substantial threats to this subspecies.

Uses and trade

There is no known utilization or trade.

Conservation

None recommended.

References 

[@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}
}
,@article{5336,
 author = {Bourquin, O.},
 journal = {Durban Museum Novitates},
 pages = {57--103},
 title = {Reptiles (Reptilia) in KwaZulu-Natal: 1 - diversity and distribution},
 volume = {29},
 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}
}
,@article{41230,
 author = {Lamb, T., Biswas, S. and Bauer, A.M.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 pages = {33--46},
 title = {A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly},
 volume = {2657},
 year = {2010}
}
,@article{178449,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {Arnoldia (Rhodesia)},
 pages = {1--20},
 title = {A revision of the African genus <i>Typhlosaurus</i> Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae)},
 volume = {3},
 year = {1968}
}
,@article{110229440,
 author = {Broadley, D.G.},
 journal = {Arnoldia (Zimbabwe)},
 pages = {469--493},
 title = {The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of South Mo&ccedil;ambique},
 volume = {9},
 year = {1990}
}
,@article{110229440,
 author = {Pietersen, D.W., Scholtz, C.H. and Bastos, A.D.S.},
 journal = {Zootaxa},
 number = {3},
 pages = {427--440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.5},
 title = {Multi-locus phylogeny of southern African <i>Acontias aurantiacus</i> (Peters) subspecies (Scincidae: Acontinae) confirms the presence of three genetically, geographically and morphologically discrete taxa},
 volume = {4442},
 year = {2018}
}
,]
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