Floristic region

The city of Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

 lies within the Cape Floristic Kingdom

Cape floristic region

The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province.The Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised...

 (by far the smallest and most diverse of the earth’s 6 floristic kingdoms).

Vegetation types

Cape Town is located within a CI

Conservation International

Conservation International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, which seeks to ensure the health of humanity by protecting Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity. CI’s work focuses on six key initiatives that affect human well-being: climate, food security, freshwater...

 Biodiversity hotspot

Biodiversity hotspot

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans.The concept of biodiversity hotspots was originated by Norman Myers in two articles in “The Environmentalist” , revised after thorough analysis by Myers and others in...

 and is home to a total of 19 different and distinct vegetation types. (This enormous variety is mainly because the city is uniquely located at the convergence point of a great many different soil types and micro-climates.)
These 19 vegetation types are mostly restricted to unusually small areas, and several are completely endemic to the city – occurring nowhere else in the world.

1. Atlantis Sand Fynbos
   Atlantis Sand Fynbos
   Atlantis Sand Fynbos is a critically endangered Fynbos vegetation type that occurs to the north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa.It is listed as critically endangered as it is home to a great many threatened Red List species.-See also:...
   
   
2. Boland Granite Fynbos
   Boland Granite Fynbos
   Boland Granite Fynbos is a vulnerable Fynbos vegetation type that occurs in the Western Cape, South Africa.Located in the “Boland” region of the Western Cape, to the north-east of the city of Cape Town, this fynbos has 23 known endemic species that occur nowhere else...
   
   
3. Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
   Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
   Cape Flats Dune Strandveld is an endangered vegetation type. This is a unique type of Cape Strandveld that is endemic to the coastal areas in Cape Town, including the Cape Flats district. -Habitat:Strandveld means “beach scrub” in the Afrikaans language...
   
   
4. Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
   Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
   Cape Flats Sand Fynbos , previously known as Sand Plain Fynbos, is a critically endangered vegetation type that occurs only within the city of Cape Town, including the Cape Flats district. Less than 1% of this unique lowland Fynbos vegetation is conserved.-Description:This is the richest and most...
   
   
5. Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
   Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
   Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos is a vegetation type that naturally occurs in the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa.This vegetation type is found on lower mountain slopes and high, rolling plains in the Western Cape Boland of South Africa...
   
   
6. Hangklip Sand Fynbos
   Hangklip Sand Fynbos
   Hangklip Sand Fynbos is an endangered vegetation type that occurs in the southern coastal portion of the Western Cape, South Africa.This particular Fynbos ecosystem naturally occurs along the southern coast of the Western Cape, South Africa, between Agulhas and Pringle Bay...
   
   
7. Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
   Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
   Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos is a critically endangered vegetation type occurring in the far south of the Western Cape, South Africa. This type of mountain fynbos contains an extremely high number of threatened species and a great number of the plants that occur here can be found nowhere else on earth...
   
   
8. Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
   Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
   Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos is a critically endangered vegetation type that is endemic to Cape Town. Though closest to Fynbos, it has characteristics of both Fynbos and Renosterveld vegetation and is thus actually a unique hybrid vegetation type...
   
   
9. Peninsula Granite Fynbos
   Peninsula Granite Fynbos
   Peninsula Granite Fynbos is an endangered Fynbos vegetation type which is endemic to the city of Cape Town and occurs nowhere else. It is a unique type of tall, dense and diverse scrubland, scattered with trees...
   
   
10. Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
    Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
    Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos is a unique and endangered vegetation type that is endemic to the Cape Peninsula in Cape Town. This type of Mountain Fynbos occurs on very poor, acidic soils but is incredibly rich in biodiversity with an enormous number of plant species – many of which occur nowhere else...
    
    
11. Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
    Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
    Peninsula Shale Renosterveld is a unique vegetation type that is found only on the slopes of Signal Hill and Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa. It is critically endangered and exists nowhere else...
    
    
12. Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
    Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
    Swartland Alluvium Fynbos is a critically endangered vegetation type that occurs on the high plains and mountains in the far south-west of the Western Cape, South Africa.Only 6% of this type of Fynbos remains and it has been declared critically endangered...
    
    
13. Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld
14. Swartland Granite Renosterveld
15. Swartland Shale Renosterveld
    Swartland Shale Renosterveld
    Swartland Shale Renosterveld is a critically endangered vegetation type of the Western Cape, South Africa. -Distribution:...
    
    
16. Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld
17. Southern Afrotemperate Forest
    Southern Afrotemperate Forest
    Southern Afrotemperate Forest is a kind of tall, shady, multi-layered indigenous South African forest.This is the main forest-type in the south-western part of South Africa, naturally extending from the Cape Peninsula in the west, as far as Port Elizabeth in the east...
    
    
18. Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland
    Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland
    Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland is a critically endangered vegetation type of the Western Cape, South Africa.-Environment:This type of riparian vegetation and its accompanying ecosystem is found in the Western Cape, South Africa, on freshwater floodplains, along the lower stretches of rivers and...
    
    

Endemism

Of the thousands of plant species that are indigenous to Cape Town, 190 are known to be endemic to the city - occurring nowhere else in the world. In addition, there are over a hundred animal species that are also restricted to the city.

Cape Peninsula Endemics

1. Acerentulus gracilis
2. Agathosma lanceolata (Honey Buchu)
3. Agathosma pulchella (Skunk Buchu)
4. Algophilus lathridoides (Table Mountain Hairy Crawling Water beetle)
5. Allocotocerus mixtus (Table Mountain Water Scavenger Beetle)
6. Aloe commixta
   Aloe commixta
   Aloe commixta or the Peninsula Rambling Aloe is a rare climbing aloe that is endemic to southwestern South Africa. It naturally occurs only on the Table Mountain range, within the city of Cape Town....
   
    (Peninsula Aloe)
7. Anaxeton arborescens
8. Anisocampa munroi
9. Anopsobius patagonicus
10. Argyrobothrus velocipes
11. Argyrocupha (Trimenia) malagrida malagrida (Table Mountain Copper)
12. Arion intermedius
    Arion intermedius
    Arion intermedius is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae. This slug is sometimes called by the common name "hedgehog slug" or "hedgehog arion" because when the slug is resting in the contracted state, the tubercles on its back look...
    
    
13. Aristea pauciflora (Unistem Aristea)
14. Arthroleptella lightfootii (Cape Peninsula Moss Frog)
15. Aspalathus barbata (Bearded Gorse)
16. Aspalathus borboniifolia (Hairy-ridge Gorse)
17. Aspalathus capensis (Cape Gorse)
18. Aspalathus capitata (Heady Gorse)
19. Aspalathus chenopoda subsp chenopoda
20. Aspalathus incurva (Incurved Gorse)
21. Aspalathus variegata (Cape Flats Gorse)
22. Athanasia capitata (Unihead Kanniedood)
23. Aulonogyrus (Afrogyrus
    Afrogyrus
    Africanogyrus is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies....
    
    ) sp. undescribed
24. Australutica normanlarseni
25. Austrolimnophila thornei
26. Austromontia capensis
27. Bidessus mundulus
28. Bobartia gladiata subsp major (Spearleaf Laces)
29. Bonaspeia cristata
30. Brachysiphon fucatus (Peninsula Sissies)
31. Caffrolix cyclopia
32. Caffrolix petreulis
33. Calopsis gracilis (Small Tangle Reed)
34. Capeolix picturatus
35. Caplopa sordida
36. Cephalelus ivyae (Peninsula Restio Leafhopper)
37. Ceramontia tabulae (Table Mountain Trinon Harvestman)
38. Chersastus pococki
39. Chersastus promontorius
40. Cliffortia carinata (Crown Climbers-friend)
41. Cliffortia discolor (Summit Climbers-friend)
42. Cliffortia ericifolia (Erica-leaf Climbers-friend)
43. Cliffortia theodori-friesii var. theodori-friesii (Climbers-friend 1)
44. Colophon westwoodi
    Colophon westwoodi
    Colophon westwoodi is a species of beetle in family Lucanidae. It is endemic to South Africa.-Source:* Bellamy, C.L. & Endrody-Younga, S. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 August 2007....
    
     (Peninsula Stag Beetle)
45. Cotula myriophylloides (Watergrass Button)
46. Crassula capensis var. promontorii (Cliff Cape Snowdrop)
47. Crozetulus scutatus (Cave Orb-web Spider)
48. Cryptadaeum capense
49. Cryptops stupendus (Peninsula Cave Millipede)
50. Ctenolepisma tenebrans (Peninsula Silverfish)
51. Cthoniella cavernicola (Peninsula Cave Pseudoscorpion)
52. Cyclopia galioides (Peninsula Honeybush)
53. Cyclopia latifolia (Broad-leaf Honeybush)
54. Cylichnogaster lawrencei
55. Cylindroiulus truncorum'
56. Cytinus capensis (Peninsula Bloodcup)
57. Diastella divaricata subsp divaricata (Peninsula Silkypuff)
58. Diores capensis
59. Diores cognatus
60. Diploexochus tabularis
61. Dipteretrum brinckae (Brinks Peninsula Cockroach)
62. Disa ecalcarata (Spurless Disa)
63. Disa nubigena (Cloud Disa)
64. Disa obtusa subsp. obtusa
65. Dolichopeza barnardi
66. Dolichopeza peringueyi
67. Drosanthemum stokoei (Searock Dewfig)
68. Drosera cuneifolia
    Drosera cuneifolia
    Drosera cuneifolia is a small rosette-forming species of perennial sundew native to the Cape in South Africa. It was first described in 1781.D. cuneifolia produces green somewhat broad carnivorous leaves, up to long...
    
     (Peninsula Sundew)
69. Elegia intermedia (Scratchy Golden Reed)
70. Eleocharis lepta (Peninsula Water Sedge)
71. Eodrilus arelinus
72. Eodrilus drygaskii
73. Eodrilus kirstenboschensis
74. Eodrilus palustris
75. Eodrilus purcellii
76. Eodrilus riebeekanus
77. Eodrilus simonianus
78. Eodrilus tormentosus
79. Erepsia forficata (Rock Everfig)
80. Erica abietina
    Erica abietina
    Erica abietina is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa.It produces masses of pink or red flowers and has 7 main subspecies - some of which are very rare. These subspecies are often classed as separate species as they do not...
    
     subsp. abietina (Red Heath)
81. Erica abietina
    Erica abietina
    Erica abietina is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa.It produces masses of pink or red flowers and has 7 main subspecies - some of which are very rare. These subspecies are often classed as separate species as they do not...
    
     subsp. atrorosea (Wine-red Heath)
82. Erica abietina
    Erica abietina
    Erica abietina is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa.It produces masses of pink or red flowers and has 7 main subspecies - some of which are very rare. These subspecies are often classed as separate species as they do not...
    
     subsp. constantiana (Constantia Heath)
83. Erica abietina
    Erica abietina
    Erica abietina is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa.It produces masses of pink or red flowers and has 7 main subspecies - some of which are very rare. These subspecies are often classed as separate species as they do not...
    
     subsp. diabolis (Devils Heath)
84. Erica amoena (Delightful Heath)
85. Erica annectens (Cliff-hanger Heath)
86. Erica baccans
    Erica baccans
    Erica baccans is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa.It is endemic to Table Mountain, usually found on the lower parts of Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos. It produces masses of tiny, pink, berry-shaped flowers and grows up to 2 meters in height...
    
     (Berry Heath)
87. Erica capensis
    Erica capensis
    Erica capensis is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa....
    
     (Cape Heath)
88. Erica caterviflora var. caterviflora (Bunch Heath)
89. Erica caterviflora var. glabrata (Troop Heath)
90. Erica clavisepala (Club Heath)
91. Erica cyrilliflora (Red Hill Heath)
92. Erica depressa (Dwarf Heath)
93. Erica diosmifolia (Buchu-leaf Heath 2)
94. Erica eburnea (Ivory Heath)
95. Erica empetrina (Crowberry Heath)
96. Erica fairii (Fairy Heath)
97. Erica fontana (Fountain Heath)
98. Erica haematocodon
    Erica haematocodon
    Erica haematocodon is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa, where it grows in the Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos of Table Mountain....
    
     (Bloodbell Heath)
99. Erica halicacaba (Gooseberry Heath)
100. Erica heleogena (Marsh Heath)
101. Erica hirtiflora
     Erica hirtiflora
     Erica hirtiflora is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa around the city of Cape Town....
     
      var. hirtiflora (Hairy-flower Heath)
102. Erica limosa (Mud Heath)
103. Erica mammosa
     Erica mammosa
     Erica mammosa is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the south-western corner of the Western Cape, South Africa.It produces masses of flowers in a range of colours from light-pink to orange to bright red....
     
      subsp gilva (Peninsula Ninepin Heath)
104. Erica margaritacea
     Erica margaritacea
     Erica margaritacea is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town.Historically, this Erica grew naturally in the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos of the Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. However, urban development caused it to go extinct in the wild...
     
      (Pearl Heath)
105. Erica marifolia (Flat-leaf Heath)
106. Erica mollis
     Erica mollis
     Erica mollis is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town - occurring nowhere else in the world....
     
      (Soft Heath)
107. Erica nevillei (Rock Heath)
108. Erica oxycoccifolia (Cranberry Heath)
109. Erica paludicola (Wiry Heath)
110. Erica physodes (Bladder Heath)
111. Erica pilulifera (Fine-hair Heath)
112. Erica planifolia (Gland Heath)
113. Erica pyramidalis
     Erica pyramidalis
     Erica pyramidalis was a species of erica that was endemic to the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was driven to extinction by the early 20th century, due to habitat destruction from the expanding city....
     
      (Pyramid Heath)
114. Erica pyxidiflora (Box Heath)
115. Erica quadrisulcata (Four-grooved Heath)
116. Erica sociorum (Partner Heath)
117. Erica subcapitata (Pinhead Heath)
118. Erica thimifolia (Carpet Heath)
119. Erica turgida
     Erica turgida
     Erica turgida is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa, but is now classified as Extinct in the Wild....
     
      (Showy Heath)
120. Erica urna-viridis
     Erica urna-viridis
     Erica urna-viridis is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa, in particular the Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos of Table Mountain....
     
      (Bottle-green Heath)
121. Erica verticillata
     Erica verticillata
     Erica verticillata is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town but is now classified as Extinct in the Wild.-Distribution:It formerly grew only in certain areas of the Cape Flats on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa....
     
      (Whorled Heath)
122. Eupolystoma anterorchis (Western Leopard Toad Flatworm)
123. Eurytion brevis
124. Eurytion trichopus
125. Ficinia anceps (Vleibiessie)
126. Ficinia fastigiata (Vleibiessie)
127. Ficinia micrantha (Smallflower Vleibiessie)
128. Galaxias zebratus Southern Peninsula population
129. Geissorhiza bonaspei (Goodhope Satinflower)
130. Geissorhiza tabularis (Table Mountain Satinflower)
131. Gerbera wrightii
132. Gethyllis kaapensis (Peninsula Kukumakranka)
133. Gladiolus aureus (Golden Lady)
134. Gladiolus bonaspei (Good Hope Lady)
135. Gladiolus monticola (Mountain Lady)
136. Gladiolus ornatus (Ornate Lady)
137. Gladiolus vigilans (Plain Painted Lady)
138. Gnidia parvula (Poor Saffronbush)
139. Griswoldia ceratogyna
140. Harpactirella treleaveni (Table Mountain Golden Baboon Spider)
141. Harpethrix caeca (Peninsula Cave Millipede)
142. Hekelus episimus 3
143. Heleophryne rosei (Table Mountain Ghost Frog)
144. Helichrysum fruticans
145. Helichrysum grandiflorum
146. Helictotrichon quinquesetum (Peninsula Oats)
147. Heliophila cinerea
148. Heliophila promontorii
149. Heliophila tabularis (Table Mountain Sporrie)
150. Hermannia micrantha (Small-flowered Dolls-rose)
151. Herophydrus capensis
152. Heterocerus capensis
153. Hoplophoropyga unicolor (Dull Peninsula Cockroach)
154. Idiognaphomyia ignava
155. Indigofera candolleana (Denseleaf Indigo)
156. Indigofera filiformis (Long-stalk Indigo)
157. Indigofera mauritanica (Discolorous Indigo)
158. Indigofera
     Indigofera
     Indigofera is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.The species are mostly shrubs, though some are herbaceous, and a few can become small trees up to tall. Most are dry-season or winter deciduous. The leaves are pinnate with 5–31 leaflets and the...
     
      sp. nov. aff gracilis (Slender Indigo)
159. Isolepis bulbifera (Green-and-red Isolepis)
160. Japyx barnardi var. relata
161. Japyx gilli
162. Julomorpha compacta
163. Julomorpha hilaris
164. Julomorpha ignava
165. Kaapia darwini
166. Lachenalia capensis (Cape Viooltjie)
167. Lampranthus curvifolius (Bakoven Brightfig)
168. Lampranthus multiradiatus (Brilliant Brightfig)
169. Lampranthus promontorii (Rock Brightfig)
170. Lampranthus stenus (Narrow Brightfig)
171. Lamyctopristus granulosus
172. Lamyctopristus validus
173. Larifuga capensis
174. Larifuga montana
175. Lawrencella inermis
176. Leielmis sp. undescribed
177. Lephthyphantes rimicola (Cave Sheet-web Spider)
178. Lepidium capense (Cape Pepperweed)
179. Leptocerus tabularis (Peninsula Long-horn Caddisfly)
180. Leucadendron grandiflorum (Wynberg Conebush)
181. Leucadendron macowanii (Acacia-leaf Conebush)
182. Leucadendron strobilinum
     Leucadendron strobilinum
     Leucadendron strobilinum is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
     
      (Peninsula Conebush)
183. Leucospermum conocarpodendron
     Leucospermum conocarpodendron
     Leucospermum conocarpodendron is the largest of the Pincushion Proteas . Their natural habitat is the area around Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa....
     
      subsp. conocarpodendron (Grey Tree Pincushion)
184. Liparia graminifolia (Grass Mountain Pea)
185. Liparia laevigata (Tall Mountain Pea)
186. Liparia parva (Small Mountain Dahlia)
187. Lobelia boivinii (Creeping Lobelia)
188. Lobelia eckloniana (Ecklons Lobelia)
189. Longurio chionoides
190. Longurio micropteryx 4
191. Machiloides leonis
192. Machiloides mensarius
193. Machiloides obsotetus
194. Machiloides silvestrii
195. Macrosteles sexnotatus
196. Malaika longipes (Cave Hackle-mesh Spider)
197. Marioniscus spatulifrons
198. Mesoceration capense
199. Mesoceration concessum
200. Meta sp. nov.
201. Metalasia compacta (Compact Blombos)
202. Metalasia divergens subsp. divergens
203. Metalasia divergens subsp. fusca
204. Micradaeum rugosum
205. Microdon nitidus (Silver Catstailbush)
206. Mimetes fimbriifolius
     Mimetes fimbriifolius
     Mimetes fimbriifolius is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to the Table Mountain range in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.-Appearance:...
     
      (Fringed Pagoda)
207. Moggeridgea teresae (Peninsula Bagnest Spider)
208. Molopopterus struthiolus
209. Montadaeum purcelli
210. Moraea aristata
     Moraea aristata
     Moraea aristata is a critically endangered species of plant in the genus Moraea, that is endemic to the city of Cape Town and is now restricted to the grounds of the Observatory in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory.Moraea aristata is a winter-flowering bulb that produces large and striking...
     
      (Blue-eye Uintjie)
211. Morella diversifolia (Peninsula Waxberry)
212. Muraltia acipetala (Spiny Purple-gorse)
213. Muraltia brachypetala (Sessile Purple-gorse)
214. Muraltia comptonii (Spiny-tip Purple-gorse)
215. Muraltia curvipetala (Needle-leaf Purple-gorse)
216. Muraltia demissa (Curly-haired Purple-gorse)
217. Muraltia diabolica (Devils Purple-gorse)
218. Muraltia mixta (Roughpod Purple-gorse)
219. Muraltia orbicularis (Round-leaf Purple-gorse)
220. Muraltia pageae (Page's Purple-gorse)
221. Muraltia satureioides var. salteri (Karbonkelberg Purple-gorse)
222. Muraltia stipulacea (Bunch-leaf Purple-gorse)
223. Nemesia micrantha (Peninsula Snapdragon)
224. Osmitopsis dentata (Toothed Swampdaisy)
225. Pachyodontus languidus (Peninsula Ground Beetle)
226. Parachilota parvus
227. Parachilota schultzei
228. Parachilota starke
229. Parachilota tokaiensis
230. Parajapyx afer
231. Paralamyctes asperulus
232. Paramelita auricularius
233. Paramelita barnardi
     Paramelita barnardi
     Paramelita barnardi is a species of crustacean in family Paramelitidae. It is endemic to South Africa.-Source:* Hamer, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
     
      (Peninsula Cave Amphipod)
234. Paramelita capensis
235. Paramelita dentata
236. Paramelita magna
237. Paramelita magnicornis
238. Paramelita marunguis 5
239. Paramelita pheronyx
240. Paranotoniscus capensis
241. Pentameris longiglumis subsp. longiglumis (Table Mountain Longglume)
242. Peripatopsis alba (Cave Velvetworm)
243. Peripatopsis leonine (Lion Velvetworm)
244. Perisphaeria carlgreni (Peninsula Trilobyte Cockroach)
245. Petroplax caricis (Peninsula Golden-case Caddisfly)
246. Petrothrincus circularis
247. Philocaffrus bifalcatus
248. Phylica schlechteri (Peninsula Phylica)
249. Platentomus sobrinus
250. Platylimnobia montana
251. Pneuminion balfourbrownei
252. Pneuminion semisulcatum
253. Poeciloblatta angusta
254. Polycarena silenoides (Granite Cape Flax)
255. Prismatocarpus nitidus (Silver Longfuit)
256. Progonogamia rehni
257. Prostethops megacephalus
258. Prostethops nitens
259. Protojanira leleupi
260. Pseudocloeon magae (Peninsula Minnow Mayfly)
261. Pseudoselago peninsulae (Peninsula Purplepuff)
262. Psoralea glaucina (Peninsula Three-leaf Pea)
263. Pterostethops equestris
264. Pterygodium connivens (Peninsula Bonnet)
265. Quamtana leptopholcica
266. Restio communis (Fine Cord Reed)
267. Restio dodii var. dodii (Dodd's Marsh Cord Reed)
268. Rhampsinitus levis
269. Roella amplexicaulis (Rigid Bell)
270. Roella decurrens (Longbase Bell)
271. Roella goodiana (Klaver Bell)
272. Roella recurvata (Recurved Bell)
273. Roella squarrosa (Mat Bell)
274. Roella triflora (Blackeye Bell)
275. Roeweria inerriiis
276. Rostromontia capensis
277. Rostromontia granulifer
278. Rotandrela rotanda
279. Ruschia promontorii (Rock Turretfig)
280. Ruschia rubricaulis (Red-stem Turretfig)
281. Scabiosa africana (Cape Scabious)
282. Senecio verbascifolius (Peninsula Ragwort)
283. Serruria collina (Lost Spiderhead)
284. Serruria cyanoides (Wynberg Spiderhead)
285. Serruria decumbens (Peninsula Spiderhead)
286. Serruria foeniculacea (Rondevlei Spiderhead)
287. Serruria glomerata (Cluster Spiderhead) 6
288. Serruria hirsuta (Swartkops Spiderhead)
289. Serruria villosa (Valley Spiderhead)
290. Sheldonia capsula
291. Solpuga grindleyi (Peninsula Sunspider)
292. Spelaeogryphus lepidops (Cave Shrimp)
293. Speleiacris tabulae (Cave Camel Cricket)
294. Speleomontia cavernicola (Cave Trinon Harvestman)
295. Speleosiro argasiformis (Cave Sironid Harvestman)
296. Spermophora gordimerae (Peninsula Daddylonglegs)
297. Spermophora peninsulae (Cave Daddylonglegs)
298. Sphaerotherium ancillare
299. Sphaerotherium eremita
300. Sphaerotherium monticola
301. Sphaerotherium weberi
302. Staavia dodii (Dolls Diamondeyes)
303. Staavia glutinosa (Sticky Diamondeyes)
304. Stoebe rosea (Rose Slangbos)
305. Tetraria autumnalis (Sirkelsvlei Mountain Sedge)
306. Tetraria graminifolia (Peninsula Mountain Sedge)
307. Tetraria paludosa (Pale Mountain Sedge)
308. Tetraria variabilis (Varied Mountain Sedge)
309. Thamnochortus levynsiae (Cliff Dangle Reed)
310. Thamnochortus nutans (Cloud Dangle Reed)
311. Thesium pseudovirgatum (False-branched Rootthug)
312. Thestor yildizae
     Thestor yildizae
     The Peninsula Skolly is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found on the high slopes of the Cape Peninsula Mountains in the West Cape....
     
      (Peninsula Thestor)
313. Trachycystis cosmia (Cosmic Pinwheel)
314. Trachycystis perplicata (Cape Pinwheel)
315. Trianoptiles solitaria (Solitary Bristle Sedge)
316. Trichoniscus austro-africanus
317. Trichoniscus capensis
318. Trichoniscus tabulae (Cave Sowbug)
319. Trichostetha mimetica (Peninsula Chafer)
320. Uroplectes insignis (Newlands Scorpion)
321. Ursinia tenuifolia subsp tenuifolia
322. Villarsia goldblattiana (Peninsula Bogbean)
323. Wahlenbergia brehmeri
324. Wahlenbergia pyrophila (Fire Capebell)
325. Walesobius excrescens
326. Watsonia tabularis (Table Mountain Watsonia)
327. Willdenowia affinis (Table Mountain Window Reed)
328. Wurmbea hiemalis (Black Spikelily)

Additional species

1. (Cape Flats Conebush) Leucadendron levisanus
2. (Cape Flats Gorse) Aspalathus variegata (Extinct)
3. (Dicksons Dark Opal) Lepidochrysops methymna dicksoni (Tygerberg
   Tygerberg
   Tygerberg is one of the northern suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa. It is also the name the range of hills above the town....
   
   )
4. (Erica-leaf Climbers-friend) Cliffortia ericifolia
5. (Flats Kollosie) Ixia versicolor
6. (Grass Mountain Pea) Liparia graminifolia (Extinct)
7. (Kraaifontein Spiderhead) Serruria furcellata
8. (Narrow Brightfig) Lampranthus stenus
9. (Pearl Heath) Erica margaritacea
   Erica margaritacea
   Erica margaritacea is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town.Historically, this Erica grew naturally in the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos of the Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. However, urban development caused it to go extinct in the wild...
   
   
10. (Pyramid Heath) Erica pyramidalis
    Erica pyramidalis
    Erica pyramidalis was a species of erica that was endemic to the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was driven to extinction by the early 20th century, due to habitat destruction from the expanding city....
    
     (Extinct)
11. (Rondevlei Spiderhead) Serruria foeniculacea
12. (Showy Heath) Erica turgida
    Erica turgida
    Erica turgida is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa, but is now classified as Extinct in the Wild....
    
     (Extinct)
13. (Solitary Bristle Sedge) Trianoptiles solitaria
14. (Strawberry Spiderhead) Serruria aemula
    Serruria aemula
    Serruria aemula is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. It is known by the common name of Stawberry Spiderhead....
    
    
15. (Unihead Kanniedood) Athanasia capitata
16. (Varied Mountain Sedge) Tetraria variabilis
17. (Whorled Heath) Erica verticillata
    Erica verticillata
    Erica verticillata is a species of erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town but is now classified as Extinct in the Wild.-Distribution:It formerly grew only in certain areas of the Cape Flats on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa....
    
     (Extinct)

Species records on South African Biodiversity Database

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species present in Cape Town on 2011/01/06

• Acomys subspinosus (Cape Spiny Mouse
  Cape Spiny Mouse
  The Cape Spiny Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in South Africa.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky areas....
  
  )
• Amblysomus hottentotus (Hottentot Golden Mole
  Hottentot Golden Mole
  The Hottentot Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in South Africa, Swaziland, and possibly Lesotho...
  
  )
• Aonyx capensis (Cape Clawless Otter)
• Arctocephalus pusillus (Cape Fur Seal
  Cape Fur Seal
  The brown fur seal , also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and the Australian fur seal is a species of fur seal.-Description:...
  
  )
• Atilax paludinosus (Water Mongoose)
• Balaena glacialis (Southern Right Whale
  Southern Right Whale
  The southern right whale is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Like other right whales, the southern right whale is readily distinguished from others by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching...
  
  )
• Bathyergus suillus (Cape Dune Molerat)
• Canis lupus familiaris (Domestic dog)
• Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Heaviside's Dolphin
  Heaviside's Dolphin
  The Haviside's Dolphin , or mistakenly the Heaviside's Dolphin, is a small dolphin that is found off the coast of Namibia and the west coast of South Africa...
  
  )
• Chlorotalpa duthieae (Duthie's Golden Mole
  Duthie's Golden Mole
  Duthie's Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, temperate grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and introduced...
  
  )
• Connochaetes gnou (Black Wildebeest
  Black Wildebeest
  The Black Wildebeest or White-tailed Gnu is one of two wildebeest species. The natural populations of this species, endemic to the southern part of Africa, have been almost completely exterminated, but the species has been reintroduced widely, both in private areas and nature reserves throughout...
  
  )
• Crocidura cyanea (Reddish-grey Musk Shrew)
• Cryptomys hottentotus (Common Molerat)
• Cynictis penicillata (Yellow Mongoose
  Yellow Mongoose
  The Yellow Mongoose , sometimes referred to as the Red Meerkat, is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb in weight and about 20 in in length...
  
  )
• Damaliscus pygargus pygargus (Bontebok
  Bontebok
  The Bontebok is an antelope found in South Africa and Lesotho. The Bontebok has two subspecies; the endangered Bontebok , occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape, and the Blesbok occurring in the highveld.The Bontebok stands 80 to 100 cm at the shoulder and...
  
  )
• Delphinus delphis (Common Dolphin
  Common dolphin
  The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis...
  
  )
• Dendromus melanotis (Grey Climbing Mouse)
• Dendromus mesomelas (Brant's Climbing Mouse
  Brant's Climbing Mouse
  Brant's Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia....
  
  )
• Elephantulus edwardii (Cape Rock Elephant-shrew)
• Eptesicus capensis (Cape Serotine Bat)
• Eremitalpa granti (Grant's Golden Mole
  Grant's Golden Mole
  Grant's Golden Mole is a golden mole species. It is the only member of the genus, Eremitalpa.-Attributes:...
  
  )
• Felis caracal (Caracal
  Caracal
  The caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
  
  )
• Felis silvestris catus (Domestic cat)
• Galerella pulverulenta (Small Grey Mongoose)
• Genetta genetta (Smallspotted Genet)
• Genetta tigrina (Large-spotted Genet)
• Georychus capensis (Cape Molerat)
• Gerbillurus paeba (Hairyfooted Gerbil)
• Herpestes ichneumon (Large Grey Mongoose)
• Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus
  Hippopotamus
  The hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
  
  )
• Hystrix africaeaustralis (Porcupine
  Porcupine
  Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend or camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. Most porcupines are about long, with...
  
  )
• Ictonyx striatus (Striped Polecat
  Striped Polecat
  The Striped Polecat is a member of the Mustelidae family which somewhat resembles a skunk. It is found in savannahs and open country in sub-saharan Africa excluding the Congo basin and west Africa.Like other polecats, this carnivore is nocturnal...
  
  )
• Kogia simus (Dwarf Sperm Whale
  Dwarf Sperm Whale
  The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of three species in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea. As such, most information is a result of the study of stranded carcasses.-Taxonomy:...
  
  )
• Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin
  Fraser's Dolphin
  Fraser's Dolphin or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.-Taxonomy:...
  
  )
• Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky Dolphin
  Dusky Dolphin
  The dusky dolphin is a dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for "dark" or "dim". It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific white-sided dolphin, but current scientific consensus is that they are distinct species...
  
  )
• Lepus capensis (Cape Hare
  Cape Hare
  The Cape, Common or Brown Hare is a hare natively found throughout Africa, and has spread to many parts of the Europe, Middle East and Asia. The Cape Hare is a nocturnal herbivore.They are fast...
  
  )
• Lepus saxatilis (Scrub Hare
  Scrub Hare
  The Scrub Hare, Lepus saxatilis, is a species of hare found in South Africa, parts of central Africa, and Namibia. It is found at about 1 - 2 km above sea level. Its dorsal fur is gray and black, while its ventral fur is white. It has a black and white tail, while it has lighter fur around its...
  
  )
• Mastomys verreauxii (Verreaux's Mouse
  Verreaux's Mouse
  Verreaux's Mouse or Verreaux's White-footed Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in South Africa.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation....
  
  )
• Mellivora capensis (Honey Badger)
• Mirounga leonina (Southern Elephant Seal
  Southern Elephant Seal
  The Southern Elephant Seal is one of the two extant species of elephant seal. It is both the most massive pinniped and member of the order Carnivora living today...
  
  )
• Mus minutoides (African Pygmy Mouse
  African Pygmy Mouse
  The African Pygmy Mouse, is possibly the smallest of all rodents and one of the smallest mammals. It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts of the world...
  
  )
• Mus musculus (House Mouse
  House mouse
  The house mouse is a small rodent, a mouse, one of the most numerous species of the genus Mus.As a wild animal the house mouse mainly lives associated with humans, causing damage to crops and stored food....
  
  )
• Myosorex varius (Forest Shrew
  Forest Shrew
  The Forest Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, dry savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and temperate grassland.-References:* Baxter, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 30 July...
  
  )
• Mystromys albicaudatus (Whitetailed Mouse)
• Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
• Oreotragus oreotragus (Klipspringer
  Klipspringer
  The Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, is a small species of African antelope.-Name:The word klipspringer literally means "rock jumper" in Afrikaans/Dutch...
  
  )
• Orycteropus afer (Aardvark
  Aardvark
  The aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa...
  
  )
• Otocyon megalotis (Bateared Fox)
• Otomys irroratus (Vlei Rat
  Vlei Rat
  The Southern African Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the Otomys genus of the family Muridae.It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe....
  
  )
• Otomys unisulcatus (Bush Karoo Rat)
• Panthera pardus (Leopard
  Leopard
  The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...
  
  )
• Papio ursinus (Chacma Baboon
  Chacma Baboon
  The Chacma baboon , also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. With a body length of up to 115 cm and a weight from 15 to 31 kg, it is among the largest and heaviest baboon species. The Chacma is generally dark brown to gray in color,...
  
  )
• Pelea capreolus (Grey Rhebok
  Grey Rhebok
  The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland....
  
  )
• Poecilogale albinucha (Striped Weasel)
• Procavia capensis (Rock Dassie)
• Pronolagus rupestris (Smith's Red Rock Rabbit)
• Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale
  False Killer Whale
  The False Killer Whale is a cetacean, and the third largest member of the oceanic dolphin family . It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. As its name implies, the False Killer Whale shares characteristics, such as appearance, with the more widely known Orca...
  
  )
• Raphicerus campestris (Steenbok
  Steenbok
  The Steenbok, Raphicerus campestris, is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the Steinbuck or Steinbok.- Description :...
  
  )
• Raphicerus melanotis (Cape Grysbok)
• Rattus norvegicus (Brown Rat
  Brown Rat
  The brown rat, common rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats....
  
  )
• Rattus rattus (House Rat)
• Rhabdomys pumilio (Striped Mouse, Striped Field Mouse
  Striped Field Mouse
  The Striped Field Mouse is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Japan, including Taiwan and Siberia....
  
  )
• Sciurus carolinensis (Grey Squirrel
  Eastern Gray Squirrel
  The eastern gray squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada...
  
  )
• Suncus varilla (Lesser Dwarf Shrew
  Lesser Dwarf Shrew
  The Lesser Dwarf Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:...
  
  )
• Sylvicapra grimmia (Common Duiker
  Common Duiker
  The Common Duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia, also known as the Grey or Bush Duiker, is a small antelope with small horns found in west, central, east, and southern Africa- essentially everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western...
  
  )
• Tatera afra (Cape Gerbil
  Cape Gerbil
  The Cape Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in South Africa.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate desert.-References:...
  
  )
• Vulpes chama (Cape Fox
  Cape Fox
  The Cape fox , also called the cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small fox.It has black or silver gray fur with flanks and underside in light yellow. The tip of its tail is always black....
  
  )
• Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's Beaked Whale
  Cuvier's Beaked Whale
  Cuvier's beaked whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is the only member of the genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is goose-beaked whale because its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose. Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part...
  
  )

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species present in Cape Town on 2011/01/06

• Amblyrhynchotes honkenii (Evil-eyed Blaasop)
• Anguilla mossambica steinitzi (Longfin eel)
• Atherina breviceps (Cape silverside
  Cape silverside
  Cape silverside is a species of marine fish of the Atherinidae family. Brackish-freshwater pelagic-neritic subtropical fish up to 11.0 cm maximal length. Widespread in the South-eastern Atlantic: from Lüderitz in Namibia to northern Natal in South Africa.- References :*...
  
  )
• Caffrogobius multifasciatus (Prison goby)
• Caffrogobius nudiceps (Barehead goby)
• Clarias gariepinus
  Clarias gariepinus
  Clarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.- Natural Distribution :...
  
  (Sharp-tooth Catfish)
• Cyprinus carpio (Carp
  Carp
  Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. The cypriniformes are traditionally grouped with the Characiformes, Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes to create the superorder Ostariophysi, since these groups have certain...
  
  )
• Galaxias zebratus (Cape Galaxia)
• Gambusia affinis (Mosquito Fish)
• Gilchristella aestuarius (Estuarine Round-herring
  Estuarine Round-herring
  The Estuarine Round-herring, Gilchristella aestuaria, is an extremely important fish in estuaries of South Africa . This small sardine-like fish lives in large shoals and provides an important link in the food chain as a food source to larger fish and water birds . This fish does not...
  
  )
• Heteromycteris capensis (Cape sole)
• Lichia amia
  Lichia amia
  The Garrick is a species of marine fish in the Carangidae family, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa. These fish can reach 1.5 m in length and 18.8 kg in weight. They inhabit the coastal wave zone where...
  
  (Garrick
  Garrick
  Garrick may refer to:*Garrick , for the name's origin and people with the name*Flash , a DC Comics superhero and the first to use the name Flash* Garrick Club, London club* Garrick F.C., defunct Sheffield based football club...
  
  )
• Lithognathus lithognathus (White steenbras
  White steenbras
  The white steenbras is a species of fish in the Sparidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.-Source:* Skelton, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
  
  )
• Liza dumerilii (Groovy mullet)
• Liza richardsonii (Southern mullet)
• Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth Bass
  Largemouth bass
  The largemouth bass is a species of black bass in the sunfish family native to North America . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, southern largemouth...
  
  )
• Mugil cephalus (Flathead mullet
  Flathead mullet
  The flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus, is a mullet of the genus Mugil, found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically 30 to 75 centimeters...
  
  )
• Oreochromis mossambicus
  Oreochromis mossambicus
  The Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, is a tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa. It is a popular fish for aquaculture...
  
  (Mozambique tilapia)
• Pomatomus saltatrix (Elf
  Elf
  An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...
  
  )
• Psammogobius knysnaensis (Knysna goby)
• Rhabdosargus globiceps (White stumpnose)
• Rhabdosargus holubi (Cape stumpnose)
• Solea bleekeri (Blackhand sole)
• Leptonotus norae (Longsnout pipefish
  Longsnout pipefish
  The longsnout pipefish, Leptonotus norae, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae.-References:* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216987-8...
  
  )
• Tilapia sparrmanii (Banded Tilapia)

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species present in Cape Town on 2011/01/06

• Acontias meleagris
  Acontias meleagris
  Acontias meleagris, the Cape Legless Skink, is a species of skink found in the southern Cape of South Africa. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae....
  
  (Cape Legless Skink)
• Acontias meleagris meleagris (Cape Legless Skink)
• Acontias meleagris orientalis (Cape Legless Skink)
• Afrogecko porphyreus (Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko
  Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko
  The Marbled Leaf-toed Gecko is a flat, medium-sized gecko that is indigenous to the Western Cape Province of South Africa....
  
  , Marbled Leaftoed Gecko)
• Agama atra
  Agama atra
  The Southern Rock Agama is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, that occurs in South Africa. It lives in small colonies on rocky outcrops, and the males are very conspicuous for their bright blue heads.-Description:...
  
  (Southern Rock Agama)
• Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus (Coral Snake
  Coral snake
  The coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be subdivided into two distinct groups, Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes...
  
  )
• Bitis arietans
  Bitis arietans
  Bitis arietans is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rain forest regions. It is responsible for causing the most fatalities in Africa owing to various factors, such as its wide distribution and...
  
  (Puff Adder
  Bitis arietans
  Bitis arietans is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rain forest regions. It is responsible for causing the most fatalities in Africa owing to various factors, such as its wide distribution and...
  
  , Puffadder
  Bitis arietans
  Bitis arietans is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rain forest regions. It is responsible for causing the most fatalities in Africa owing to various factors, such as its wide distribution and...
  
  )
• Bitis arietans arietans (Puff Adder
  Bitis arietans
  Bitis arietans is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rain forest regions. It is responsible for causing the most fatalities in Africa owing to various factors, such as its wide distribution and...
  
  )
• Bitis atropos
  Bitis atropos
  Bitis atropos is a venomous viper species found only in mountainous regions in southern Africa. A small species. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...
  
  (Berg Adder)
• Bradypodion pumilum (Cape Dwarf Chameleon
  Cape Dwarf Chameleon
  The Cape Dwarf Chameleon , is a chameleon native to the South African province of the Western Cape where it is restricted to the region around Cape Town. As with most chameleons, its tongue is twice the length of its body and it can be shot out of its mouth using a special muscle in the jaw...
  
  )
• Chamaesaura anguina (Cape Grass Lizard
  Cape Grass Lizard
  The Cape Grass Lizard, also known as the Cape Snake Lizard or the Highland Grass Lizard, is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It widely found in southern Africa, inhabiting grasslands. In one of the countries it lives in, Swaziland, it is listed as a Near Threatened species.The Cape...
  
  )
• Chersina angulata
  Chersina angulata
  The Bowsprit tortoise , also known as the Angulate tortoise or Rooipens, is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in South Africa. This tortoise in the only known member of the genus Chersina....
  
  (Angulate Tortoise)
• Cordylus cordylus
  Cordylus cordylus
  Cordylus cordylus , is a medium-sized lizard that is indigenous to the southern Cape of South Africa.The Cape Girdled Lizard has a golden-brown body with spiny, keeled, body scales - especially on its tail....
  
  (Cape Girdled Lizard)
• Cordylus niger
  Cordylus niger
  Cordylus niger , is a medium-sized lizard that is restricted to Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula...
  
  (Black Girdled Lizard)
• Cordylus polyzonus (Karoo Girdled Lizard)
• Dasypeltis scabra (Common Eggeater)
• Dispholidus typus (Boomslang
  Boomslang
  The boomslang is a large venomous colubrid snake.-Taxonomy & etymology:It is currently the only species in its genus, although several species and subspecies have been described in the past...
  
  )
• Duberria lutrix
  Duberria lutrix
  Duberria lutrix, or the common slug-eater, is a small, ovoviviparous, molluscivorous, non-venomous snake .-Range:The species contains a number of subspecies, including D...
  
  (Common Slug Eater)
• Duberria lutrix lutrix (Common Slugeater)
• Geochelone pardalis (Leopard Tortoise
  Leopard Tortoise
  The Leopard tortoise is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape. It is the only member of the genus Stigmochelys, but in the past it was commonly placed in Geochelone instead...
  
  )
• Goggia lineata
  Goggia lineata
  The Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko is a minute and delicate species of Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, that is indigenous to the western part of the Cape of South Africa....
  
  (Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Striped Dwarf Leaftoed Gecko)
• Hemachatus haemachatus (Rinkhals
  Rinkhals
  The Rinkhals also called the Ringhals or Ring-necked Spitting Cobra is a venomous elapid species found in parts of southern Africa...
  
  )
• Homopus areolatus (Parrot-beaked Tortoise, Parrotbeaked Tortoise)
• Homoroselaps lacteus (Spotted Harlequin Snake)
• Lamprophis aurora
  Lamprophis aurora
  The Aurora House Snake, Lamprophis aurora, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.-Distribution:Found in South Africa, the southern Cape Province, from the Cape Peninsula, east and north to Natal, Lesotho, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Swaziland...
  
  (Aurora House Snake)
• Lamprophis capensis (Brown House Snake)
• Lamprophis guttatus
  Lamprophis guttatus
  The Spotted House snake, Lamprophis guttatus, belongs to Southern Africa's seven Lamprophis species.-Description:...
  
  (Spotted House Snake)
• Lamprophis inornatus (Olive House Snake)
• Leptotyphlops longicaudus
  Leptotyphlops longicaudus
  Leptotyphlops longicaudus, or the Long-tailed thread snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family....
  
  (Long-tailed Thread Snake, Longtailed Thread Snake)
• Lycodonomorphus rufulus
  Lycodonomorphus rufulus
  Lycodonomorphus rufulus is a species of non-venomous, South African, colubrid snake.This gentle, harmless snake is by far the most common water snake in southern Africa. It can be found from Cape Town in the south, along the wet east coast of South Africa and inland as far as Gauteng, Lesotho and...
  
  (Common Brown Water Snake)
• Meroles knoxii (Knox's Desert Lizard)
• Naja nivea (Cape Cobra
  Cape Cobra
  The Cape Cobra or yellow cobra is a moderately sized, highly venomous cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across Southern Africa...
  
  )
• Pachydactylus austeni
  Pachydactylus austeni
  Austen's Gecko is a small thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the western coast of South Africa.Its natural habitat is coastal dunes, where it lives in a tiny burrow that it digs in the sand and forages at night for small insects among the dune vegetation. It has a smooth, colourful body with...
  
  (Austen's Thick-toed Gecko, Austen's Thicktoed Gecko)
• Pachydactylus geitje
  Pachydactylus geitje
  The Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko is a tiny thick-toed gecko that is indigenous to the Western Cape of South Africa....
  
  (Ocellated Thick-toed Gecko, Ocellated Thicktoed Gecko)
• Pachydactylus labialis (Western Cape Thick-toed Gecko, Western Cape Thicktoed Gecko)
• Pedioplanis lineoocellata (Spotted Sand Lizard)
• Pelomedusa subrufa (Marsh Terrapin)
• Psammophis crucifer (Cross-marked Grass Snake, Crossmarked Grass Snake)
• Psammophis leightoni (Cape Sand Snake)
• Psammophis notostictus (Karoo Sand Snake)
• Psammophylax rhombeatus
  Psammophylax rhombeatus
  Psammophylax rhombeatus or Rhombic Skaapsteker, is a small, attractively patterned, Southern African snake usually measuring between 45 and 85 centimetres in length, though occasionally reaching 140 cm....
  
  (Rhombic Skaapsteker)
• Pseudaspis cana (Mole Snake
  Mole snake
  The mole snake is a species of snake in the family Pseudaspididae. It is native to much of southern Africa, and is the only member of the genus Pseudaspis. A study showed that P. cana are caught and consumed by the honey badger, among other species...
  
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• Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cape Crag Lizard)
• Ramphotyphlops braminus
  Ramphotyphlops braminus
  Ramphotyphlops braminus is a harmless blind snake species found mostly in Africa and Asia, but has been introduced in many other parts of the world. Completely fossorial, they are often mistaken for earthworms, except that they are not segmented. The specific name is a Latinized form of the word...
  
  (Flower-pot Snake, Flowerpot Snake)
• Rhinotyphlops lalandei
  Rhinotyphlops lalandei
  Rhinotyphlops lalandei is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.This slender, pinkish-grey, blind snake has a pointed nose that it uses for burrowing. It occurs throughout the eastern half of southern Africa, as far south as Cape Town and with isolated populations in western parts such as...
  
  (Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake, Delalande’s Blind Snake)
• Scelotes bipes (Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink)
• Scelotes montispectus (Blaauwberg Dwarf Burrowing Skink)
• Tetradactylus seps (Short-legged Seps, Shortlegged Seps)
• Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Common Long-tailed Seps, Common Longtailed Seps)
• Trachylepis capensis
  Trachylepis capensis
  The Cape Skink is a species of skink in the subfamily Lygosominae. It is indigenous to Southern Africa and is often seen in suburban gardens where it tames easily.-Naming:...
  
  (Cape Skink)
• Trachylepis homalocephala
  Trachylepis homalocephala
  The Red-sided Skink is a small, slender species of skink in the subfamily Lygosominae. It is indigenous to Southern Africa, where it typically occurs in coastal thicket and leaf litter along the South African coast - from Cape Town, eastwards along the coast as far as Mozambique...
  
  (Red-sided Skink, Redsided Skink)
• Typhlosaurus aurantiacus (Golden Blind Legless Skink)
• Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink)

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species present in Cape Town on 2011/01/06

• Amietia fuscigula (Cape River Frog
  Cape River Frog
  The Cape River Frog is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It was formerly placed in the Ranidae family...
  
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• Amietophrynus pantherinus (Western Leopard Toad
  Western Leopard Toad
  The Western Leopard Toad is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.The species is endemic to the areas of Cape Town and the eastern coastline of the South-western Cape, South Africa...
  
  )
• Amietophrynus rangeri (Raucous Toad)
• Arthroleptella landdrosia (Landroskop Moss Frog)
• Arthroleptella villiersi (Villiersdorp Moss Frog)
• Breviceps gibbosus (Cape Rain Frog
  Cape Rain Frog
  The Cape Rain Frog or Giant Rain Frog is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.-Habitat and Distribution:...
  
  )
• Breviceps montanus (Cape Mountain Rain Frog)
• Breviceps namaquensis (Namaqua Rain Frog
  Namaqua Rain Frog
  The Namaqua Rain Frog is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is found in South Africa and possibly Namibia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and sandy shores....
  
  )
• Breviceps rosei (Sand Rain Frog)
• Cacosternum boettgeri (Common Caco)
• Cacosternum platys (Flat Caco
  Flat Caco
  The Flat Caco, Flat Dainty Frog, or Smooth Dainty Frog is a species of frog in the Petropedetidae family.It is endemic to South Africa....
  
  )
• Heleophryne rosei (Table Mountain Ghost Frog)
• Hyperolius horstockii
  Hyperolius horstockii
  Hyperolius horstockii, known as the Arum Frog, is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is endemic to South Africa.-Identification:...
  
  (Arum Lily Frog, Arum Lily Reed Frog)
• Hyperolius marmoratus (Painted Reed Frog)
• Microbatrachella capense (Micro Frog
  Micro Frog
  The Micro Frog is a minute species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family, in the monotypic genus Microbatrachella. At around long it is one of the smallest regional species...
  
  )
• Strongylopus bonaspei (Banded Stream Frog
  Banded Stream Frog
  The Banded Stream Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to South Africa.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and swamps....
  
  )
• Strongylopus grayii (Clicking Stream Frog)
• Strongylopus grayii grayii (Clicking Stream Frog)
• Tomopterna delalandii (Cape Sand Frog)
• Vandijkophrynus angusticeps (Sand Toad
  Sand Toad
  The Sand Toad is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is endemic to South Africa.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent freshwater marshes, and arable land....
  
  )
• Xenopus laevis (Common Platanna)

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species recorded in Cape Town by 2011/01/06

• Agaricus bisporus (Cultivated mushroom)
• Agaricus campestris
  Agaricus campestris
  Agaricus campestris is commonly known as the field mushroom or, in North America, meadow mushroom. It is a widely eaten gilled mushroom closely related to the cultivated button mushroom Agaricus bisporus.-Taxonomy:...
  
   (Field Mushroom)
• Agaricus xanthodermus
  Agaricus xanthodermus
  Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining mushroom, is a mushroom of thegenus Agaricus, which displays a strong yellow colouration at the base of the stem when cut...
  
   (Yellow-staining Mushroom)
• Amanita muscaria
  Amanita muscaria
  Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita , is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita...
  
   (Fly Agaric)
• Coprinus comatus
  Coprinus comatus
  Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas. The young fruit bodies first appear as white cylinders emerging from the ground, then the bell-shaped caps open out. The caps are white, and...
  
   (Shaggy Ink Cap)
• Coprinus micaceus (Glistening Ink Cap)
• Favolaschia thwaitesii
• Gymnopilus junonius
  Gymnopilus junonius
  Gymnopilus junonius is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family. Commonly known as laughing gym, laughing Jim, or the spectacular rustgill, this large orange mushroom is typically found growing on tree stumps, logs, or tree bases...
  
   (Orange Tuft)
• Gymnopilus penetrans (Small Pine Cap)
• Laccaria laccata
  Laccaria laccata
  Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver, or waxy laccaria, is a white-spored species of small edible mushroom found throughout North America and Europe. It is a highly variable mushroom , and can look quite washed out, colorless and drab, but when younger it often assumes red, pinkish...
  
   (The Deceiver)
• Lactarius deliciosus
  Lactarius deliciosus
  Lactarius deliciosus, commonly known as the Saffron milk cap, Red pine mushroom, is one of the best known members of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales...
  
   (Pine Ring)
• Lactarius vietus
  Lactarius vietus
  Lactarius vietus is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae, first described by Elias Magnus Fries. It produces moderately sized and brittle mushrooms, which grow on the forest floor or on rotting wood. The flattened-convex cap can vary in shape, sometimes forming the shape of a wide funnel...
  
   (Gray Milk Cap)
• Laschia thwaitesii
• Lepiota felina (Cat Parasol)
• Macrolepiota zeyheri (White Parasol)
• Mycena leptocephala
  Mycena leptocephala
  Mycena leptocephala, commonly known as the nitrous bonnet, is a species of fungus in the Mycenaceae family. The mushrooms have conical grayish caps that reach up to in diameter, and thin fragile stems up to long. The gills are gray and distantly spaced. The spores are elliptical, typically...
  
   (Thin-capped Mycena)
• Pycnoporus sanguineus
  Pycnoporus sanguineus
  Pycnoporus sanguineus is a white rot saprobic fungus. It was discovered on Guana Island but occurs throughout the tropics, usually growing on dead hardwoods...
  
   (Orange Polypore)
• Russula capensis (Cape Russula)
• Russula sardonia
  Russula sardonia
  Russula sardonia, commonly known as the primrose brittlegill, is a mushroom of the Russula genus, which are commonly known as brittlegills. The fruiting body, or mushroom, is a reddish-purple, the colour of blackberry juice, and is found in coniferous woodland in summer and autumn...
  
   (Purple Stemmed Russula)
• Stereum hirsutum
  Stereum hirsutum
  Stereum hirsutum is a plant pathogen. S. hirsutum is in turn parasitised by certain other species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia. Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.-References:...
  
   (The Hairy Stereum)
• Suillus bellinii
  Suillus bellinii
  Suillus bellinii is a pored mushroom of the genus Suillus in the Suillaceae family. It is found in coastal pine forests of southern Europe.-Description:...
  
   (Pine Bolete)
• Tricholoma albobrunneum (Brown Knightly Mushroom)
• Vascellum praetense (Common Puffball)
• Volvariella speciosa (Rose-gilled Grisette)

Updated from South African Biodiversity Database (http://www.biodiversity.co.za/) as species recorded in Cape Town by 2011/01/06

• Acraea horta
  Acraea horta
  Acraea horta or the Garden Acraea is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. It has a typical wingspan of 45-50 mm for males and 49-53 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from October to April...
  
   (Garden Acraea)
• Anax imperator (Blue Emperor
  Blue Emperor
  Blue Emperor may refer to* Emperor , a hawker dragonfly found in Europe and nearby Africa and Asia* Papilio ulysses, a metallic blue butterfly endemic to New Guinea...
  
  )
• Apis mellifera capensis
  Apis mellifera capensis
  Apis mellifera capensis, the Cape honey bee or Cape bee is a southern South African subspecies of the Western honey bee.They are unique among honey bee subspecies because workers can lay diploid, female eggs, by means of thelytoky, while workers of other subspecies can only lay haploid, male eggs...
  
   (Cape Honeybee)
• Cacyreus marshalli (Common Geranium Bronze)
• Chrysoritis pyroeis pyroeis (Sand-dune Opal)
• Colias electo electo (African Clouded Yellow)
• Crocothemis erythraea (Broad Scarlet)
• Danaus chrysippus aegyptius (African Monarch)
• Dira clytus clytus (Cape Autumn Widow)
• Eichochrysops messapus messapus (Cupreous Blue)
• Gegenis niso niso (Common Hottentot)
• Ischnura senegalensis (Common Bluetail)
• Lampides boeticus
  Lampides boeticus
  The Peablue, Pea Blue, or Long-tailed Blue is a small butterfly found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged family....
  
   (Lucerne Blue)
• Leptotes brevidentatus
  Leptotes brevidentatus
  The Short-toothed Blue or Tite's Zebra Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and south-western Arabia.The wingspan is 22-29 mm for males and 26-30 mm for females...
  
   (Short-toothed Blue)
• Leptotes pirithous
  Leptotes pirithous
  Leptotes pirithous is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from southern Europe to the Himalayas and in most of Africa. Its common names are Lang's Short-tailed Blue and Common Zebra Blue...
  
   (Common Pea Blue)
• Macroglossum trochilus
  Macroglossum trochilus
  The African Humming Bird Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is very common in most habitats throughout southern and eastern Africa and in the Comoro Islands.Adults are frequently seen at flowers in full sunshine....
  
   (African Humming Bird Moth)
• Metisella metis metis (Golden-spotted Sylph)
• Orthetrum caffrum
  Orthetrum caffrum
  Orthetrum caffrum, the Two-striped Skimmer or White-lined Skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,...
  
   (Two-striped Skimmer)
• Orthetrum julia
  Orthetrum julia
  Orthetrum julia is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia,...
  
   (Julia Skimmer)
• Papilio demodocus demodocus (Citrus Swallowtail)
• Pieris brassicae (Cabbage White)
• Pontia helice helice (Meadow white)
• Pseudonympha magus
  Pseudonympha magus
  The Silver-bottom Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the western Cape south to Cape Town and along the southern littoral north to the eastern Cape....
  
   (Silver-bottom Brown, silver bottomed brown)
• Tarucus thespis
  Tarucus thespis
  The Fynbos Blue or Vivid Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the North Cape, south to fynbos in the West Cape and east to the Amatolas in the East Cape....
  
   (Vivid Blue)
• Tramea limbata
  Tramea limbata
  Tramea limbata is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. Its commonly known as the black marsh trotter.- Distribution :It is found in Botswana, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, São Tomé...
  
   (Ferruginous Glider)
• Vanessa cardui
  Vanessa cardui
  Vanessa cardui is a well-known colourful butterfly, known as the Painted Lady, or in North America as the Cosmopolitan. This butterfly has a strange pattern of flying in a sort of screw shape.-Distribution:...
  
   (Painted lady
  Painted Lady
  The Cynthia group of colourful butterflies, commonly called painted ladies, comprises a subgenus of the genus Vanessa in the Family Nymphalidae...
  
  )
• Zophopetes dysmephila
  Zophopetes dysmephila
  The Palm-tree Night-fighter is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Mozambique, from Port Elizabeth to KwaZulu-Natal and Transvaal and in Kenya.The wingspan is 40–49 mm for males and 45–52 mm for females...
  
   (Palm-tree Nightfighter)
• Zyzeeria knysna (Sooty Blue)