Goggia rupicola
| Namaqua Leaf-toed Gecko | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Goggia |
| Species: | G. rupicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Goggia rupicola FitzSimons, 1938 | |
The Namaqua leaf-toed gecko is a southern African leaf-toed gecko first described by Vivian FitzSimons from a specimen collected on the 23 August 1937[1] where it was found in cracks of rocks of small outcrops in the arid Namakwaland in South Africa and Namibia.
Name
Rupicolous refers to inhabiting rocks and stones.
Synonyms include:
- Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus (FITZSIMONS 1938)
- Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus KLUGE 1993)
- Phyllodactylus rupicolus (BRANCH et al. 1995)
- Goggia rupicola (BAUER et al. 1997)
- Goggia rupicola (RÖSLER 2000)
Description
On the dorsal (upper) sideG. rupicola is a dark greyish brown with pale salmon-coloured semicircular spots with a dark edge on the front arranged in more or less regular series down the back. A thin black streak runs from the nostril through the eye to just above ear-opening. The belly is a greyish white.
It is related to Goggia essexi from which it can be distinguished mainly by the dorsal and ventral scaling and the colour markings.
Dimensions: Body length about 30 mm, tail length 30 mm, head length 6 to 7 mm, head breadth 5.2 mm, forelimb 9 mm, hindlimb 12 mm.[2]
Reproduction
The three elliptical-shaped eggs originally collected in 1937 between Okiep and Springbok averaged 7.8 x 6.0 mm.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Fitzsimons, V.F.M. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 162.
- ↑ "www.pachydactylus.com". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Fitzsimons, V.F.M. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals of the Transvaal Museum: 162.