This very common endemic species to southern Africa has a U-shaped distribution that just enters Namibia along most of its southern border. It is a species that covers a wide variety of habitats from fynbos and coastal strandveld to dry Karoo scrub across a rainfall gradient ranging from less than 100 mm per year to more than 700 mm per year. It occupies an area of 12,400 km2, of which 10% occurs within the protected areas of the /Ai-/Ais and Tsau//Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) national parks. It has a low reporting rate of 6%, beitting a species at the northwestern edge of its global range. It is not a conservation priority in Namibia or in South Africa.