Xenocalamus transvaalensis

Taxobox
name = "Xenocalamus transvaalensis"
status = DD
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Atractaspididae
genus = "Xenocalamus"
species = "X. transvaalensis"
binomial = "Xenocalamus transvaalensis"
binomial_authority = Methuen, 1919

:"Common names: Transvaal quillsnout snake.""Xenocalamus transvaalensis" is a venomous snake species found in Mozambique and South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=700400|taxon="Xenocalamus transvaalensis"|year=2007|date=17 August]

Conservation status

This species is listed as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List of threatened species (v2.3, 1994). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23102/summ "Xenocalamus transvaalensis"] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List] . Accessed 18 August 2007.] This means that there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of the risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status. This species may be well studied, and its biology well known, but appropriate data on abundance and/or distribution is lacking. Therefore, this not a category of threat or Lower Risk, but an indication that more information is required, as well as an acknowledgement of the possibility that future research will show that threatened classification is appropriate. It is important to make positive use of whatever data are available. In many cases, great care should be exercised in choosing between DD and threatened status. If the range of the species is suspected to be relatively circumscribed, or if a considerable period of time has elapsed since the last record of the species, then threatened status may well be justified. Year assessed: 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria1994#categories 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)] [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List] . Accessed 18 August 2007.]

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