Goggia
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| Goggia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Goggia Bauer, Good, & Branch, 1997 |
| Species | |
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8 recognized species, see article. |
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Goggia (Dwarf leaf-toed geckos) is a genus of geckos, a type of lizard found mainly in southern Africa.
[edit] Classification of genus Goggia
- Braack's Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia braacki
- Essex's Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia essexi
- Richtersveld Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia gemmula
- Hewitt's Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia hewitti
- Cedarberg Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia hexapora
- Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia lineata
- Small-scaled Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia microlepidota
- Namaqualand Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko, Goggia rupicola
[edit] References
- Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. & Branch, W.R. (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. Proc Calif Acad Sci 49 (14) August 27: 470 (447–497)(Zoological Record Volume 134)
