Range Description

Widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from north and east of the Volta R. east to Eritrea and Somalia (their presence in Djibouti is uncertain) and southwards to central Namibia and KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa (Angelici and Gaubert in press). Possibly present on Bioko I. Occurs to high elevations, up to 3,400 m in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia (Yalden et al. 1996).