''Goggia braacki'', also known
commonly as Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Braack's pygmy gecko, and the Karoo leaf-toed gecko, is a species of
lizard
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in the
family
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Gekkonidae. The species is
endemic
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to
South Africa
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''braacki'', is in honor of South African herpetologist
Harold H. Braack.
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Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Goggia braacki'', p. 36).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''G. braacki'' is rocky areas of montane grassland.
Description
Adults of ''G. braacki'' have a
snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
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Reproduction
''G. braacki'' is oviparous
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References
Further reading
* 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 braacki'', new combination).
* 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. . (''Goggia braacki'', p. 240 + Plate 87).
*Good DA, Bauer AM, Branch WR (1996). "A new species of ''Phyllodactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karoo National Park, South Africa". ''African Journal of Herpetology'' 45 (2): 49–58. (''Phyllodactylus braacki'', new species).
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Goggia braacki'', p. 83). (in German).
Goggia
Reptiles described in 1996
Endemic reptiles of South Africa
Taxa named by William Roy Branch
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