Goggia matzikamaensis

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 matzikamaensis Heinicke, Turk & Bauer, 2017: 461

Holotype: MCZ R-192186, adult ♂, collected by M.P. Heinicke, A.M. Bauer, T. Gamble, D. Zarkower, J. Marais, A. Kuhn, E. Frietas and R. Skinner on 31 July 2013.
Type locality: “South Africa, Western Cape, along R358 east of Bitterfontein (30°48'55.2" S, 18°23'45.2" E).”

South Africa: Northern Cape Province: only in the vicinity of Kliprand at the southern edge of Little Namaqualand.

Heinicke, M.P., Turk, D. & Bauer, A.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny reveals strong biogeographic signal and two new species in a Cape Biodiversity Hotspot endemic mini-radiation, the pygmy geckos (Gekkonidae: Goggia). Zootaxa 4312(3): 449–470. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.3 Reference page.

Bates, M.F. & Weeber, J. 2022. IUCN: Goggia matzikamaensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T120694393A197429118. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T120694393A197429118.en. Accessed on 13 July 2025.