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.[1]
Goggia microlepidota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Goggia |
Species: | G. microlepidota
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Binomial name | |
Goggia microlepidota (V. Fitzsimons, 1939)
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References
edit- ^ a b Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R. (2018). "Goggia microlepidota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T17124A115652296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17124A115652296.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- 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).