Peripatopsis janni

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

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Peripatopsis janni is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I.|author2=Hering, L.|author3=Mayer, G.|name-list-style=amp|title=Updated Onychophora checklist|url=http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm|website=Onychophora Website|access-date=24 November 2016}} This species is a clade in the P. moseleyi species complex. The original description of this species is based on male specimens ranging from 15 mm to 30 mm in length. Live animals are dark green on the dorsal surface but greyish white on the ventral surface. The number of legs in males of this species varies from 21 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair) to 22 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair).{{Cite journal |last=Ruhberg |first=Hilke |last2=Daniels |first2=Savel R. |date=2013-05-24 |title=Morphological assessment supports the recognition of four novel species in the widely distributed velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi sensu lato (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IS12069 |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=131–145 |doi=10.1071/IS12069 |issn=1447-2600|url-access=subscription }} Also known as the Amathole velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Amathole Velvetworm (Peripatopsis janni) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/682705-Peripatopsis-janni |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} this species is found in the Amathole mountains in South Africa.