''Opisthopatus amatolensis'' is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 16 pairs of legs. The type locality is in South Africa. The validity of this species is uncertain: Although some authorities deem ''O. amatolensis'' to be invalid even as a subspecies of '' O. cinctipes'', a similar species also found in South Africa, other authorities recognize ''O. amatolensis'' as a separate species, citing the significant distance (161 km) between the type localities of these two species.

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Endemic fauna of South Africa Onychophorans of temperate Africa Onychophoran species Animals described in 1947 {{Onychophora-stub