Small-scaled leaf-toed gecko
| Small-scaled leaf-toed gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Goggia |
| Species: | G. microlepidota |
| Binomial name | |
| Goggia microlepidota (V. Fitzsimons, 1939) | |
| Synonyms | |
The small-scaled leaf-toed gecko (Goggia microlepidota) is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. G. microlepidota is endemic to South Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Goggia microlepidota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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. (Goggia microlepidota, p. 242 + Plate 87).
- FitzSimons VFM. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. (Pretoria) 20 (1): 5-16. (Phyllodactylus microlepidotus, new species).
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