Psammobates geometricus NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Psammobates geometricus is endemic to the Wes tern Cape, South Africa. Historically, the species the Upper Breede River V alley, from T ulbagh in the north to just west of Worcester. It was also found in the Ceres V alley, in the northeast (Baard 1993). The range curr ently occupied has diminished markedly, Psammobates geometricus has a highly domed carapace with four to six pyramid-shaped vertebral scutes, four or five costal scutes, and 11-12 marginal scutes. The forelimbs have five digits and scattered scales of variable size, while the hindlimbs have four digits. This species lacks buttock tubercles.