Goggia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species (10): G. braacki – G. essexi – G. gemmula – G. hewitti – G. hexapora – G. incognita – G. lineata – G. matzikamaensis – G. microlepidota – G. rupicola
Name

Goggia Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 470

Type species: Phyllodactylus lineatus Gray, 1838, by original designation.
References
Primary references

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. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Heinicke, M.P., Turk, D. & Bauer, A.M. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.3. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Goggia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 December 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Dwarf Leaf-toed Geckos

Goggia, also known commonly as dwarf leaf-toed geckos or pygmy geckos, is a genus of African geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae.[1]
Geographic range

Species in the genus Goggia are found in southern Africa.[1]
Species

The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Goggia braacki (Good, Bauer & Branch, 1996) – Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia essexi (Hewitt, 1925) – Essex's dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia gemmula (Bauer, Branch & Good, 1996) – Richtersveld dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia hewitti (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko[3]
Goggia hexapora (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Cedarberg dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia incognita Heinicke, Turk & Bauer, 2017
Goggia lineata (Gray, 1838) – striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia matzikamaensis Heinicke, Turk & Bauer, 2017
Goggia microlepidota (V. FitzSimons, 1939) – small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko
Goggia rupicola (V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqualand dwarf leaf-toed gecko[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was original described in a genus other than Goggia.
References

Bauer AM, Good DA, Branch WR (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". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49 : 447–497. (Goggia, new genus, p. 470).
Genus Goggia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goggia hewitti, p. 123).