Branch et al. (1995) re-described this species as follows: Head dorso-ventrally flattened (depth 2.03 times width; range 1.63-2.57); snout rounded, and at least 1.5 times the eye diameter; ear opening small, obliquely rounded, and without enlarged lobules or a tympanic shield; rostral subpentagonal with a median cleft above; nostril pierced between rostra!, 1st supralabial and three nasals, the largest bordering the rostral; usually 2 (50%) nasorostral granules, rarely 1 (23.3%) or 3 (26.7%); supralabials usually 7 (50%), often 6 (25%), less often 8 (21.4%) or 9 (3.6%); infralabials usually 7 (50%), often 8 (42.5%), rarely 6 (7.5%); mental subpentagular bordered by 2-3 (average 2.9) chinshields that are larger than adjacent granules; 5-7 (average 6.28) granules bordering chinshields. Body short (maximum snout-vent length 31.51 mm) and dorsoventrally flattened, covered dorsally with uniform. smooth, flattened, subimbricate granules; belly covered in smooth. hexagonal, imbricate scales that are much larger than on back. Limbs moderate and covered in uniform, flattened, subimbricate granules; digits flattened basally, with three rows of subdigital granules, the median series slightly broader; toe tips rounded, only slightly expanded and bearing a pair of large, subrectangular scansors that enclose a small claw. An angular series of 4 (80%, n = 8), rarely 3 (20%) preanal pores present only in males; two to three enlarged tubercnlar scales on either side of tail base near vent, that are larger in males. Original tail cylindrical, tapering, and up to 1.21 times snout-vent length; covered above with regular rows of uniform, smooth granules, that are much larger, flattened and imbricate on ventral surface.

This information was extracted from Branch et al. (1995): Distinguished from other members of the P. lineatus complex by a combination of the following features: usually four preanal pores in males, a high number of midbody scale rows (80-90), 10-12 scales between the nostril and anterior margin of the orbit, usually 2 (1-3) nasorostrals. and a dorso-ventrally flattened head and body. In addition, it differs by 4-6 fixed alleles from the other taxa examined electrophoretically.

Type locality: between O´okiep and Springbok, Little-Namaqualand Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 18161

The southern subpopulation of Goggia rupicola has been assigned to a new species, G. matzikamaensis (Heinicke et al., 2017).

South Africa

Goggia rupicola occurs in northwestern South Africa, along the northern and western margins of the Kamiesberg and Komaggas Hills in the Northern Cape province (Heinicke et al., 2017).

This species has a pair of very distinctive leaf-shaped adhesive toe pads (scansors) under each toe-tip plus a small, retractible claw on each foot, which allow them to stick onto even smooth surfaces, making them extremely good climbers (Branch, 1998).

Carnivore - Insectivore (insect-eating)

This gecko feeds on ants and termites on warm nights (Branch, 1998).

This species is oviparous, with females laying clutches of two eggs, on average, in rock crevices. It is likely that females lay several clutches per season (Branch, 1998).

No data.

Succulent Karoo