Goggia Explained
Goggia, also known commonly as dwarf leaf-toed geckos or pygmy geckos, is a genus of African geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae.
Geographic range
Species in the genus Goggia are found in southern Africa.
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- 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 incognita
- Goggia lineata (Gray, 1838) – striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia matzikamaensis
- Goggia microlepidota (V. FitzSimons, 1939) – small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko
- Goggia rupicola (V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqualand dwarf leaf-toed gecko[3]
Nota bene
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was original described in a genus other than Goggia.
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. . (Genus Goggia, pp. 239–240).
Notes and References
- www.reptile-database.org.
- [Richard Allen "Bo" Beolens|Beolens B]
- [:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer|Bauer AM]