Goggia rupicola

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 rupicola (FitzSimons, 1938)

Holotype: TM 18161, ♂, collected on 23 August 1937.
Type locality: “between O'okiep and Springbok”, Little-Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Phyllodactylus lineatus rupicolus FitzSimons, 1938: 162 [original combination, as subspecies]
Phyllodactylus rupicolus — Branch, Bauer & Good, 1995: 36 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Goggia rupicola — Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 470 [subsequent combination]

South Africa: Northern Cape Province: along the northern and western margins of the Kamiesberg and Komaggas Hills.

FitzSimons, V. 1938. Transvaal Museum expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and amphibians. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 153–209. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_496 Reference page.
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 rupicola (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T120695014A197429315. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T120695014A197429315.en. Accessed on 13 July 2025.