Goggia hexapora (BRANCH, BAUER & GOOD, 1995)
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Goggia hexapora
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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). Description: Holotype. PEM R10993, adult male. Head dorso-ventrally flattened (width 5.74, depth 2.65, length 8.27 mm); snout (2.91 mm long) rounded, and twice the eye diameter (1.45 mm); ear opening small, obliquely rounded, and without enlarged lobules or a tympanic shield; rostral subpentagonal with a median cleft above; nostril pierced between rostral, 1st supralabial and three nasals, the largest bordering the rostral; three nasorostral granules, and II granules between nostril and anterior margin of the orbit; pupil vertical, constricting to two pin holes; eight supralabials and seven infralabials; 18 granules across crown between dorsal margin of orbit at front of eye; mental subpentagular bordered by three chinshields, the middle one being smaller than those on either side; seven granules bordering chinshields, that are smaller than the chinshields. Body short (snout-vent length 28.51 mm) and dorsoventrally flattened, covered dorsally with uniform, smooth, flattened, subimbricate granules; belly covered in smooth, hexagonal, imbricate scales that are much larger than on back; 75 scales around midbody. Limbs moderate and covered in uniform, flattened, subimbricate granules; digits flattened basally, witb tbree rows of subdigital granules, tbe median series slightly broader; toe tips rounded, only slightly expanded and bearing a pair of large, subrectangular scansers that enclose a small claw. An angular series of six preanal pores present; three enlarged tubercular scales on either side of tail base near vent. Tail (25.77 mm) fully regenerated, swollen at base with shallow depression dorsally along midline, and covered ahove and below in smooth, flattened subimbricate granules (Branch et al. 1995: 41, Figure 1E). |
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| Etymology | Named for the presence of six preanal pores in males. |
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