Langjan Nature Reserve
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{{Infobox protected area
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| map_caption = Location of the Langjan Nature Reserve in Limpopo
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| location = Limpopo, South Africa
| nearest_city = Alldays
| coordinates = {{coords|22|50|30|S|29|14|32|E|region:ZA-LP|display=inline, title}}
| area = 4,774 ha
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| governing_body = Limpopo Provincial Government
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Langjan Nature Reserve, is situated in Limpopo province, South Africa, on the R521 to Alldays, west of Makhado, close to the Blouberg Nature Reserve
This {{convert|4,774|hectare|sqmi|adj=on}} reserve was established in 1954 to preserve the last autochthonous population of Oryx gazella.{{cite web | url=http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/HER_15_3_4_0121-0135.pdf | title=The herpetofauna of the Langjan Nature Reserve | publisher=Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie e.V | date=30 December 2002 | accessdate=7 July 2015 | last=Schmidt | first=Almuth D. | pages=121–135}} It is located between 22° 47'S and 22° 52'S and 29° 11'E and 29° 17'E and straddles the Brak River running approximately from south to north. The altitude is around {{convert|800|m|ft}} above sea level and is situated on conglomerate, limestone and sandstone and deep red Kalahari sand.
The vegetation is referred to as "arid sweet Bushveld"
Endemic species
Some of the important fauna found in the reserve include:
- Oryx gazella - gemsbok
- Psammobates oculifer - serrated tortoise,
- Typhlosaurus lineatus subtaeniatus - Striped blind legless skink,
- Scelotes limpopoensis albiventris - Limpopo burrowing skink,
- Colopus wahlbergii wahlbergii - Wahlberg's Kalahari gecko