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Goggia

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Goggia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Uroplatinae
Genus: Goggia
Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997
Species

Ten recognized species, see article.

Goggia, also known commonly as dwarf leaf-toed geckos or pygmy geckos, is a genus of African geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae.[1]

Geographic range

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Species in the genus Goggia are found in southern Africa.[1]

Species

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The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was original described in a genus other than Goggia.

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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, new genus, p. 470).
  2. ^ Genus Goggia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goggia hewitti, p. 123).

Further reading

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  • 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. (Genus Goggia, pp. 239–240).
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