Peripatopsis capensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.

[4] The native range of this species is limited to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.

[2][5] Outside of its native range in South Africa, this species has also been found on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands, thought to be an accidental human-mediated introduction.

Santa Cruz Island also has one or more native species of velvet worms in the family Peripatidae.

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