Goggia hewitti

Goggia hewitti, known commonly as Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Hewitt's leaf-toed gecko, or Hewitt's pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Goggia hewitti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species:
G. hewitti
Binomial name
Goggia hewitti
(Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus hewitti
    Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995
  • Goggia hewitti
    — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Etymology

The specific name, hewitti, is in honor of British-born South African herpetologist John Hewitt.[3]

Description

G. hewitti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28–35 mm (1.1–1.4 in). The tail, if original, is slightly longer than the SVL, but shorter if regenerated. The dorsum of the body is light brown with darker brown markings, and the venter is pale cream. Males have four preanal pores.[4]

Reproduction

G. hewitti is oviparous.[2] The eggs, which measure 9 mm × 5.5 mm (0.35 in × 0.22 in), are laid under rock flakes. Clutch size is two.[4]

References
  1. Branch WR (2017). "Goggia hewitti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T196914A110307792. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T196914A110307792.en. Downloaded on 04 June 2018.
  2. Goggia hewitti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goggia hewitti, p. 123).
  4. 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 hewitti, p. 241 + Plate 108).

Further reading
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Good, David A.; Branch, William R. (1997). "The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proc. California Acad. Nat. Sci., Fourth Series 49: 447–497. (Goggia hewitti, new combination, p. 470).
  • Branch WR, Bauer AM, Good DA (1995). "Species limits in the Phyllodactylus lineatus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with the elevation of two taxa to specific status and the description of two new species". J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 44 (2): 33–54. (Phyllodactylus hewitti, new species).


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