Goggia hewitti explained

Goggia hewitti, known commonly as Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Hewitt's leaf-toed gecko, or Hewitt's pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, hewitti, is in honor of British-born South African herpetologist John Hewitt.^[1]

Description

G. hewitti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28–. The tail, if original, is slightly longer than the SVL, but shorter if regenerated. The dorsum of the body is light brown with darker brown markings, and the venter is pale cream. Males have four preanal pores.^[2]

Reproduction

G. hewitti is oviparous. The eggs, which measure 9x, are laid under rock flakes. Clutch size is two.^[2]

Further reading

• Bauer, Aaron M.

Good, David A.; Branch, William R. (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 49: 447–497. (Goggia hewitti, new combination, p. 470).

• Branch WR, Bauer AM, Good DA (1995). "Species limits in the Phyllodactylus lineatus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with the elevation of two taxa to specific status and the description of two new species". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 44 (2): 33–54. (Phyllodactylus hewitti, new species).
• Heinicke MP, Bauer AM (2018). "A new provincial record and other noteworthy records of reptiles in the Western Cape, South Africa". African Herp News (67): 37–41. (Goggia hewitti, p. 40).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Goggia hewitti, p. 83). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]