Goggia
| Goggia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Goggia Bauer, Good, & Branch, 1997 |
| Species | |
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8 recognized species, see article. | |
Goggia (dwarf leaf-toed geckos) is a genus of African geckos, a type of lizard.[1]
Geographic range
Species in the genus Goggia are found mainly in southern Africa.[1]
Species
- Goggia braacki (Good, Bauer & Branch, 1996) – Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia essexi (Hewitt, 1925) – Essex's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia gemmula (Bauer, Branch & Good, 1996) – Richtersveld dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia hewitti (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko[2]
- Goggia hexapora (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Cedarberg dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia lineata (Gray, 1838) – striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia microlepidota (V. FitzSimons, 1939) – small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia rupicola (V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqualand dwarf leaf-toed gecko[1]
Nota bene: binomial authorities in parentheses indicate that the species was original described in a genus other than Goggia.
References
- 1 2 3 Bauer AM, Good DA, Branch WR. 1997. The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proc. California Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447–497. (Goggia, new genus, p. 470).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goggia hewitti, p. 123).
Further reading
- Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition. Second Impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Goggia, pp. 239-240).
External links
Media related to Goggia at Wikimedia Commons
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