Goggia microlepidota (FITZSIMONS, 1939)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Small-scaled leaf-toed Lecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus microlepidotus FITZSIMONS 1939: 5 Phyllodactylus microlepidotus — LOVERIDGE 1947: 247 Phyllodactylus microlepidotus — WERMUTH 1965: 140 Phyllodactylus microlepidotus — KLUGE 1993 Goggia microlepidota — BAUER et al. 1997 Goggia microlepidota — RÖSLER 2000: 83 Goggia microlepidota — BATES et al. 2014: 112
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (W Cape Province, Cedarberg, from Pakhuis Pass south to Ceres) Type locality: Pakhuis Pass, Clanwilliam District, Cape Province
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAM
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Comment	Sympatry: Sympatric with G. hexapora.
Etymology	Named after Greek mikros (= small) + lepidotos (= scaled), referring to the relatively small scales.
References	Anonymous 1958. A List of Zoological and Botanical Types preserved in collections in Southern and East Africa. Volume I - Zoology, Part 1. South African Museums' Association, Pretoria, i-vi, 1-147. - get paper here Barts, M. 2021. Geckos aus dem südlichen Afrika. DATZ 2021 (5): 24-34 Bauer A M. Good D A. Branch W R. 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. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497. - get paper here Bauer, Aaron M. 1997. Family Gekkonidae. Genus Phyllodactylus. In: J. H. van Wyk (ed.): Proceedings of the Fitzsimons Commemorative Symposium, South African Lizards: 50 years of Progress. - Herp. Assoc. Africa (Matieland, South Afr.), pp. 24-28 Branch, William R.;Bauer, Aaron 1996. Notes on two poorly-known Phyllodactylus (Squamata: gekkonidae) from South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 4 (2): 127-134 [1997] Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16 Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
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