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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:
Inhabits dry savanna, mediterranean like shrubby vegetation, and high altitude grassland. The specimen from Game Valley Estates (Hella Hella) was recorded in valley bushveld (Taylor, 1998).
Range:
This widespread species has been recorded from Ethiopia in the north of its range, south through parts of Kenya (including Nyeri, Mount Kenya) and Tanzania (Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains [Kock and Howell 1988]; Kebebe Farms, Iringa district [Stanley and Kock 2007]), southern Zambia, Lesotho (including Sehlabathebe National Park), and South Africa (the Clarens district in the eastern Free State; from the Game Valley Estates [Hella Hella] near Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal [Skinner and Chimimba 2005]).
Conservation:
It has been recorded from the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho, and may be present in additional protected areas. Additional studies into the population abundance and distribution are needed.