''Goggia'', also known commonly as dwarf leaf-toed geckos or pygmy geckos, is a

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Gekkonidae Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 62 genera. The Gekkonidae contain many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (''Hemidactylus''), the tokay gecko (''Ge ...

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in the genus ''Goggia'' are found in southern

Species

The following ten species are recognized as being valid. *''

Goggia braacki ''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. Etymology The specific nam ...

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, 1996) – Braack's dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia essexi ''Goggia essexi'', also known commonly as Essex's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Essex's leaf-toed gecko, and Essex's pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. Etymology The specifi ...

'' ( Hewitt, 1925) – Essex's dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia gemmula ''Goggia gemmula'', also known as the Richtersveld dwarf leaf-toed gecko or the Richtersveld pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko. It is found in South Africa and Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west ...

'' (Bauer, Branch & Good, 1996) – Richtersveld dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia hewitti ''Goggia hewitti'', known commonly as Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko, Hewitt's leaf-toed gecko, or Hewitt's pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. Etymology The specific n ...

'' (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Hewitt's dwarf leaf-toed gecko Beolens B, Watkins M,

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Goggia hexapora ''Goggia hexapora'', also known as the Cedarberg dwarf leaf-toed gecko or Cedarberg pygmy gecko, is a species of gecko. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, so ...

'' (Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995) – Cedarberg dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia incognita ''Goggia incognita'' is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Afric ...

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Goggia lineata ''Goggia lineata'', also known as the striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko or striped pygmy gecko, is a minute and delicate species of dwarf leaf-toed gecko that is indigenous to the western part of the Cape of South Africa. With a length of about , th ...

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, 1838) – striped dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia matzikamaensis ''Goggia matzikamaensis'' is a species of gecko. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinc ...

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Goggia microlepidota ''Goggia microlepidota'', also known as the small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko, small-scaled leaf-toed gecko, or small-scaled gecko, is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. It is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially ...

'' ( V. FitzSimons, 1939) – small-scaled dwarf leaf-toed gecko *''

Goggia rupicola ''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 cra ...

'' (V. FitzSimons, 1938) – Namaqualand dwarf leaf-toed gecko Bauer AM, Good DA, Branch WR (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'' 49 : 447–497. (''Goggia'', new genus, p. 470). ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was original described in a genus other than ''Goggia''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q596722 Geckos of Africa Lizard genera Taxa named by William Roy Branch

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