Basking malachite  (Chlorolestes apricans)

Range

Endemic to South Africa, in the 1970s this species was known from at least 10 sites but by 2001 had been lost from all but two of these; the Kubusi River at Stutterheim and Thorn River, Eastern Cape (5). It may be that fewer than 1000 adults survive today (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The basking malachite inhabits clear, shallow, rocky streams with overhanging long grasses, herbs and indigenous bushes (5).

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