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Critically Endangered幾何星叢龜（Psammobates geometricus），又名幾何龜、幾何沙龜或幾何陸龜，是南非的一種龜。牠們可以生長達6吋長。雌龜會在地上挖洞來生蛋，並以植物遮蓋。牠們是瀕危物種，受到失去棲息地及被獵殺作食物的威脅。當地人會偷牠們的蛋來吃及以其龜殼作裝飾。其他哺乳動物也會掠食牠們。南非政府已劃出區域來保育牠們。
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- Geometric Tortoise
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- longest observed lifespan
- 30
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Animal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusEndemic reptiles of South AfricaFauna listed on CITES Appendix IIUCN Red List critically endangered speciesPsammobatesRenosterveldReptiles described in 1758Taxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTurtles of AfricaUse South African English from July 2023