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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 occupies arid habitats, including deserts, dry savannas, and dry shrublands. It is typically associated with rocky ridges, outcrops or koppies (rocky hills), and boulder fields at the bases of mountains. Habitat relationships and genetics are discussed by Smit et al. (2009).
Range:
A widespread species found mainly in South Africa and Namibia, but also extreme southern Botswana (Smithers 1971) and southwestern Angola (Corbet and Hanks 1968, Rathbun 2005).
Conservation:
The species occurs in protected areas, but it is not clear which areas and the proportion of the distribution is protected. Because of the very minor conservation problems facing this taxon, no conservation measures are needed or recommended at present or in the foreseeable future.