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Goggia microlepidota

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Goggia microlepidota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species:
G. microlepidota
Binomial name
Goggia microlepidota
Synonyms
  • Phyllodactylus microlepidotus
    V. Fitzsimons, 1939
  • Goggia microlepidota
    Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997[2]

Goggia microlepidota, also known as the small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko, small-scaled leaf-toed gecko, or small-scaled gecko, is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. 2018. Goggia microlepidota. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T17124A115652296. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17124A115652296.en. Downloaded on 02 January 2019.
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Goggia microlepidota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Goggia microlepidota, p. 242 + Plate 87).
  • FitzSimons VFM. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. (Pretoria) 20 (1): 5-16. (Phyllodactylus microlepidotus, new species).