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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species exhibits a wide habitat tolerance, being found in open grassland, savanna woodland, thornbush, rocky areas, forest and even desert (provided there is some scrub cover), but absent from the forests of the Congo basin and West Africa (Stuart and Stuart 2013). It occurs in agricultural areas, including, for example, exotic plantations in KwaZulu-Natal and pastoral areas of the Kenyan highlands (Stuart and Stuart 2013). It is carnivorous, with insects predominating in the diet.
Range:
This species has a wide distribution, ranging south of the Sahara from Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Sudan, southeastern Egypt, Ethiopia and Djibouti in the east and south to South Africa (Stuart and Stuart 2013). It occurs from sea level to more than 4,000 m asl on Mt Kenya (Young and Evans 1993).
Conservation:
It is present in numerous protected areas.