The Critically Endangered Geometric Tortoise is one of the world’s most striking tortoise species because of the distinctive yellow radial pattern across its black carapace that helps it hide from predators. These 6-inch long reptiles are endemic to the fynbos habitat in South Africa’s Western Cape. Only 800 individuals are left in the wild, and conservation action was urgently needed or their remaining ecosystem would have been converted for the wine and cattle industries.