Goggia rupicola
Goggia rupicola, also known as the Namaqua dwarf leaf-toed gecko or the Namaqua pygmy gecko, is a southern African leaf-toed gecko first described by Vivian FitzSimons from a specimen collected on the 23 August 1937[2] where it was found in cracks of rocks of small outcrops in the arid Namakwaland in South Africa and Namibia.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Goggia |
Species: | G. rupicola |
Binomial name | |
Goggia rupicola (FitzSimons, 1938) | |
Synonyms | |
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Name
Rupicolous refers to inhabiting rocks and stones.\\
Description
On the dorsal (upper) sideG. rupicola is a dark greyish brown with pale salmon-coloured semicircular spots with a dark edge on the front arranged in more or less regular series down the back. A thin black streak runs from the nostril through the eye to just above ear-opening. The belly is a greyish white.
It is related to Goggia essexi from which it can be distinguished mainly by the dorsal and ventral scaling and the colour markings.
Dimensions: Body length about 30 mm, tail length 30 mm, head length 6 to 7 mm, head breadth 5.2 mm, forelimb 9 mm, hindlimb 12 mm.[3]
Reproduction
The three elliptical-shaped eggs originally collected in 1937 between Okiep and Springbok averaged 7.8 x 6.0 mm.[4]
References
- Branch, W.R. 2017. Goggia rupicola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T169702A110307962. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T169702A110307962.en. Downloaded on 04 June 2018.
- Fitzsimons, V.F.M. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 162.
- "www.pachydactylus.com". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- Fitzsimons, V.F.M. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 162.