Ichnotropis capensis is a species of African lizards in the genus Ichnotropis. They are the type species for the genus Ichnotropis are commonly called cape rough-scaled lizards as they are largely found in southern Africa’s cape region. The cape rough-scaled lizards are terrestrial and found in the range of grassland, desert and brush areas of southern Africa north of cape colony. The cape rough-scaled lizard are small in size and distributed in parts of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Zambia.