Goggia microlepidota

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
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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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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