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Namaqua Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko
Goggia rupicola (Fitzsimons, 1938)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Goggia rupicola, also known as the Namaqua dwarf leaf-toed gecko or the Namaqua pygmy gecko, is a southern African leaf-toed gecko first described by Vivian FitzSimons from a specimen collected on the 23 August 1937 where it was found in cracks of rocks of small outcrops in the arid Namakwaland in South Africa and Namibia.
Wikipedia contributors, Goggia rupicola; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:57:40.049450+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Goggia rupicola (Fitzsimons, 1938)
- Name authority
- (Fitzsimons, 1938)
- Common name
- Namaqua Dwarf Leaf-toed Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Goggia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyGekkonidae
- genusGoggia
- speciesGoggia rupicola (Fitzsimons, 1938)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Goggia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Essex’s Dwarf Leaf-toed GeckoGoggia essexi (Hewitt, 1925) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cedarberg Dwarf Leaf-toed GeckoGoggia hexapora (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Dwarf Leaf-toed GeckoGoggia lineata (Gray, 1838) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Small-scaled leaf-toed LeckoGoggia microlepidota (Fitzsimons, 1939) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Goggia sabula Conradie, Hundermark, Kemp & Keates, 2025 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Braack’s Dwarf Leaf-Toed GeckoGoggia braacki (Good, Bauer & Branch, 1996) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Richtersveld Dwarf Leaf-toed GeckoGoggia gemmula (Bauer, Branch & Good, 1996) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hewitt’s Dwarf Leaf-toed GeckoGoggia hewitti (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus Fitzsimons, 1938 Fitzsimons, 1938 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Goggia&species=rupicola Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3GRFQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.