Английская Википедия:Goggia essexi
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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.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, essexi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Robert Essex.[2]
Geographic range
G. essexi is found in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. essexi is rocky areas in shrubland.[3]
Description
G. essexi is very small for its genus. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Шаблон:Cvt, with a tail slightly longer than SVL. The maximum recorded SVL is Шаблон:Cvt.[4]
Reproduction
G. essexi is oviparous.[1] Sexually mature females lay eggs in a communal site under a rock.[4]
References
Further reading
- 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 (14): 447–497. (Goggia essexi, new combination, p. 470).
- Branch WR, Bauer AM, Good DA (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". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 44 (2): 33–54. (Phyllodactylus essexi).
- Hewitt J (1925). "On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown 3: 343–370. (Phyllodactylus essexi, new species, p. 343).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Goggia essexi, p. 83). (in German).
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:NRDB species
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Goggia essexi, p. 85).
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокiucn status 18 November 2021не указан текст - ↑ 4,0 4,1 Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Goggia essexi, p. 240 + Plate 108).
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