Goggia lineata (GRAY, 1838)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko
Synonym	Phyllodactylus lineatus GRAY 1838: 268 Diplodactylus lineatus — GRAY 1845: 150 Phyllodactylus lineatus — GRAY 1849 Phyllodactylus lineatus — BOULENGER 1885: 92 Phyllodactylus porphyreus — WERNER 1910: 307 (part.) Phyllodactylus lineatus lineatus — HEWITT 1937 Phyllodactylus lineatus — WERMUTH 1965: 138 Phyllodactylus lineatus — KLUGE 1993 Phyllodactylus lineatus — RÖSLER 1995: 146 Goggia lineata — BAUER et al. 1997 Goggia lineata — RÖSLER 2000: 83 Goggia lineata — BATES et al. 2014: 111
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Cape Province, S Warmbad), S Namibia Type locality: Namaqualand; Cape of Good Hope (fide BAUER et al. 1995).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntype: BMNH xxi.11.2-3 (fide Loveridge 1947: 250, De Lisle et al. 2013: 101), maybe lost (Heinicke et al. 2017)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from other members of the P. lineatus complex by a combination of lhe following features: usually five preanal pores in males, a low number of midbody scale rows (64-84), few scales between the nostril and anterior margin of the orbit (7-10), a deep head, and a cylindrical body. In addition, it differs by 4-8 fixed alleles from the other taxa examined electrophoretically (Branch et al. 1995).
Comment	Subspecies: Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi and P. l. rupicolus have been raised to species status by BAUER et al. 1997. Type Species: Phyllodactylus lineatus GRAY 1838 is the type species of the genus Goggia BAUER et al. 1997.
Etymology	Named after Latin “linea”, meaning stripe or line. The genus Goggia has been named after the Afrikaans word “gogga”, meaning a “creepy-crawly”, usually an arthropod or reptile.
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 Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160 [2001] Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - 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 Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Branch, William R. 1994. Herpetofauna of the Sperrgebeit [sic] Region of Southern Namibia. Herpetological Natural History 2 (1): 1-11. Gray, J. E. 1838. (A new species of lizard and land shells from South Africa.] Pp. 268-269. In Alexander, J. E., An expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa, through the hitherto undescribed countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, perf H. Colburn, London - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here 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 Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here 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. Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp. Werner,F. 1910. Reptilia et Amphibia. In Schultze, L., Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Band IV, Systematik und Tiergeographie Vertebrata B. Denkschr. Med.-Nat. Wiss. GeselI. Jena 16: 279-370 [1910] - get paper here WITBERG, M. 2012. The herpetofauna of Schaapen Island, Langebaan, South Africa. African Herp News (56): 11-16 - get paper here
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