''Goggia'', also known
commonly as dwarf leaf-toed geckos or pygmy geckos, is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
geckos, lizards in the
family
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Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos ('' Hemidactylus''), tokay g ...
.
Geographic range
Species
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in the genus ''Goggia'' are found in southern
Africa
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.
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.
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Goggia braacki''
(Good
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, Bauer & Branch
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, 1996) – Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia essexi''
( Hewitt, 1925) – Essex's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia gemmula''
(Bauer, Branch & Good, 1996) – Richtersveld dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia hewitti''
(Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) –
Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Goggia hewitti'', p. 123).]
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Goggia hexapora''
(Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Cedarberg dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia incognita''
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Goggia lineata''
(Gray
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, 1838) – striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia matzikamaensis''
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Goggia microlepidota''
( V. FitzSimons, 1939) – small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko
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Goggia rupicola''
(V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqualand dwarf leaf-toed gecko
[ 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". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences'' 49 : 447–497. (''Goggia'', new genus, p. 470).]
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Nota bene
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'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was original described in a genus other than ''Goggia''.
References
Further reading
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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).
External links
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Geckos of Africa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by William Roy Branch