Goggia microlepidota

Goggia microlepidota
Scientific classification
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. ↑ Heideman, N (2016). "Goggia microlepidota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  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).
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