Threatened Species
Threatened Species
Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
Dec 23
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Last Updated on 22 May 2012
Vegetation Type
Swartland Granite Renosterveld.
Status: Critically endangered.
Plants
Kelkiewyn (Geissorhiza radians).
Status: Endangered.
Only found on Swartland Granite Renosterveld, a critically endangered vegetation types that is now restricted to tiny fragments due to its favourability for cultivation.
Birds
Black Harrier (Circus maurus).
Status: Near Threatened.
Endemic to South Africa – with a stronghold in the Strandveld of the West Coast.
Amphibians
Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus).
Status: Vulnerable.
Only found in Renosterveld and is threatened by the loss of its habitat through agriculture.
Reptiles
Blouberg Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes montispectus).
Status:
Only three specimens of this species of burrowing reptile have ever been found – two in the Blouberg Conservation Area and one in the West Coast National Park.
Mammals
Heavyside Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii).
Status: Data Decient.
This dolphin is restricted to the Benguela Current system and is threatened by overfishing.
