Goggia essexi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Goggia
Species:

Goggia essexi (Hewitt, 1925)

Holotype: PEM R11157, adult ♂. [designated by Branch, Bauer & Good (1995: 40)]
Type locality: “Hounslow, near Grahamstown”, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Phyllodactylus essexi Hewitt, 1925: 343 [original combination]
Phyllodactylus lineatus essexi — Hewitt, 1937: 21 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
Phyllodactylus essexi Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995: 36 [subsequent combination, restored to species]
Goggia essexi — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 470 [subsequent combination]

South Africa: Eastern Cape Province: Suurberg and upland areas east through Alicedale and Grahamstown to the Great Fish River.

Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 3: 343–370.
Hewitt, J. 1937. A guide to the vertebrate fauna of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Part II: reptile, amphibians, and freshwater fishes. Grahamstown. vii + 141 pp.
Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M. & Good, D.A. 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. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 44(2): 33–54. DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1995.9650390 Reference page.
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. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page.

Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Goggia essexi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169698A197403571. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T169698A197403571.en. Accessed on 13 July 2025.