Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Gekkonidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Genus Goggia | |
Similar Ptenopus, Chondrodactylus, Pachydactylus, Bibron's gecko | ||
The Namaqua leaf-toed 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 cracks of rocks of small outcrops in the arid Namakwaland in South Africa and Namibia.
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Name
Rupicolous refers to inhabiting rocks and stones.
Synonyms include:
Description
On the dorsal (upper) sideG. rupicola is a dark greyish brown with pale salmon-coloured semicircular spots with a dark edge on the front arranged in more or less regular series down the back. A thin black streak runs from the nostril through the eye to just above ear-opening. The belly is a greyish white.
It is related to Goggia essexi from which it can be distinguished mainly by the dorsal and ventral scaling and the colour markings.
Dimensions: Body length about 30 mm, tail length 30 mm, head length 6 to 7 mm, head breadth 5.2 mm, forelimb 9 mm, hindlimb 12 mm.
Reproduction
The three elliptical-shaped eggs originally collected in 1937 between Okiep and Springbok averaged 7.8 x 6.0 mm.