Goggia hexapora (BRANCH, BAUER & GOOD, 1995)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cedarberg Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus hexaporus BRANCH, BAUER & GOOD 1995 Phyllodactylus lineatus — FITZSIMONS 1935: 527 (part.) Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus — FITZSIMONS 1943: 29 (part.) Goggia hexapora — BAUER et al. 1997 Goggia hexapora — BATES et al. 2014: 111
Distribution	SW South Africa Type locality: Pakhuis Pass, Cedarberg, Clanwilliam District, Western Cape.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: PEM R10993
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from other members of the P. lineatus complex by a combination of the following features: usually six preanal pores in males, a high number of midbody scale rows (75-91), 8-13 scales between the nostril and anterior margin of the orbit, usually 1 (0-3) nasorostral granule, and a dorso-ventrally flattened head and body (Branch et al. 1995: 41). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1751 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: see map in Conradie et al. 2025: 553 (Fig. 1)
Etymology	Named for the presence of six preanal pores in males, from Latin ‘hexa’ for ‘six’, and Latin porus = pore.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. 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 Branch, W. R., A. M. BAUER & D. A. GOOD 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. - get paper here CONRADIE, W., HUNDERMARK, C., KEMP, L., & KEATES, C. 2025. New Pygmy Gecko (Goggia: Gekkonidae) from the arid Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Zootaxa 5618(4): 552-570 - get paper here CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045 - get paper here FitzSimons, V. F. 1935. Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians made in the Southern Kalahari, Bushmanland, and Great and Little Namaqualand. Annals Transvaal Mus., Pretoria 17: 519-550 - get paper here FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp. HEINICKE, MATTHEW P.; DILARA TURK, AARON M. BAUER 2017. Molecular phylogeny reveals strong biogeographic signal and two new species in a Cape Biodiversity Hotspot endemic mini-radiation, the pygmy geckos (Gekkonidae: Goggia). Zootaxa 4312 (3): 449–470 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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