Goggia braacki

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Goggia braacki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species:
G. braacki
Binomial name
Goggia braacki
(Good, Bauer & Branch, 1996)
Synonyms [2]
  • Phyllodactylus braacki
    Good, Bauer & Branch, 1996
  • Goggia braacki
    — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Goggia braacki, also known commonly as Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Braack's pygmy gecko, and the Karoo leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, braacki, is in honor of South African herpetologist Harold H. Braack. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. braacki is rocky areas of montane grassland. [1]

Description

Adults of G. braacki have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 2.7–3.5 cm (1.1–1.4 in). [2]

Reproduction

G. braacki is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bates MF, Branch WR (2018). "Goggia braacki ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T169697A115654981. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T169697A115654981.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Goggia braacki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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 braacki, p. 36).

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