Goggia

Goggia lineata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species (11): G. braacki – G. essexi – G. gemmula – G. hewitti – G. hexapora – G. incognita – G. lineata – G. matzikamaensis – G. microlepidota – G. rupicola – G. sabula

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

• Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M. & Good, D.A. 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. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 44(2): 33–54. DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1995.9650390 Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R. & Good, D.A. 1996. A new species of rock-dwelling Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 71: 1–14. DOI: 10.31390/opmns.071 Reference page. 
• Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M. & Branch, W.R. 1996. A new species of Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karoo National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 49–58. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1996.9649965 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Conradie, W., Hundermark, C., Kemp, L. & Keates, C. 2025. New Pygmy Gecko (Goggia: Gekkonidae) from the arid Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Zootaxa 5618(4): 552–570. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Goggia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 July 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: South African Dwarf Leaf-toed Geckos