Goggia essexi (HEWITT, 1925)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Essex’s Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus essexi HEWITT 1925: 343 Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi — HEWITT 1937 Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi — LOVERIDGE 1947 Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi — WERMUTH 1965: 139 Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus essexi — BRANCH et al. 1995 Goggia essexi — BAUER et al. 1997 Goggia essexi — RÖSLER 2000: 83 Goggia essexi — BATES et al. 2014: 109
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Suurberg/Hounslow near Grahamstown) Type locality: Hounslow, near Grahamstown, Cape Province.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: PEM R11157 (designated by BRANCH et al. 1995); Syntype: UMMZ 61515
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from other members of the P. lineatus complex by a combination of the following features: Usually four preanal pores in males, a medium number of midbody scale rows (78-84), 9-12 scales between the nostril and anterior margin of the orbit, (only 0-2 nasorostrals, and a dorso-ventrally flattened head and body. In addition, it differs by 5-8 fixed alleles from the other taxa examined electrophoretically (Branch et al. 1995). Additional details (2444 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Robert Essex who worked as a collector at the Albany Museum when Hewitt was Director there. Essex also described two new Acontias.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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, 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 Essex, R. 1925. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Acontias and notes on some other lizards found in the Cape Province. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 332-342. HEINICKE, M. P. & A. M. BAUER. 2018. A NEW PROVINCIAL RECORD AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF REPTILES IN THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA. African Herp News (67): 37 - get paper here Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. (Grahamstown) 3: 343-370 Hewitt, J. 1937. A guide to the vertebrate fauna of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Part II: reptile, amphibians, and freshwater fishes. Grahamstown, vii + 141 pp. Kluge A G 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxonomy. International Gecko Society, San Diego, 245 pp. 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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