Geometric tortoise  (Psammobates geometricus)

This species is restricted to the extreme south-western part of the Western Cape Province, South Africa (8), from near Cape Town, 160 kilometres north to Eendekuil, and east to the Upper Breede River Valley and the Ceres Valley (4) (5) (8).

The geometric tortoise primarily inhabits a relatively narrow strip of coastal lowland, between the Cape Fold Mountains and the sea, with two isolated populations east of the mountains (4) (5) (8). The vegetation of this region forms part of the Cape Floral Kingdom or fynbos biome, and the geometric tortoise is restricted to a specific vegetation type within the fynbos biome, called renosterveld (8).