Two new Goggia species

http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4312.3.3

Goggia lineata and G. rupicola are split into Goggia incognita sp. nov. and Goggia matzikamaensis sp. nov. The two new species are geographically separated from their sister species, see figure below.

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.

Posted on January 7, 2018 05:11 PM by alexanderr