Goggia hewitti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

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: Goggia hewitti

Name

Goggia hewitti (Branch, Bauer, & Good, 1995)

Holotype: PEM R7829.

Type locality: 3 km east from Swartberg Pass along summit road on Groot Swartberg (33° 20’ 40’’ S, 22° 04’ 17’’ E), elevation 1403 m.

Synonyms

• Phyllodactylus hewitti Branch, Bauer, & Good, 1995
• Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus — Fitzsimons, 1943: 29
• Goggia hewitti - Bauer, et al., 1997

References

• 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. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., Stellenbosch, 44(2): 33–54.
• 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.
• FitzSimons 1943: The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir, 1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.

Vernacular names

English: Hewitt’s Leaf-toed Gecko