White-headed dwarf gecko

White-headed dwarf gecko
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lygodactylus
Species:	L. picturatus
Binomial name
	Lygodactylus picturatus; (Peters, 1871)[2]
Synonyms
	Hemidactylus picturatus Peters, 1871

The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus) is a species of Lygodactylus gecko widely distributed in Africa.[3]

White-headed dwarf gecko in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The tail has been lost due to a self-defense mechanism known as autotomy.

One subspecies is recognized, in addition to the nominate one: Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis Loveridge, 1935, the Sudani dwarf gecko.[3]

References

Spawls, S. "Lygodactylus picturatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013.
"Lygodactylus picturatus (W. Peters, 1871)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Lygodactylus picturatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 June 2015.

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[IUCN-1] Spawls, S. "Lygodactylus picturatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013.

[2] "Lygodactylus picturatus (W. Peters, 1871)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[RDB-3] Lygodactylus picturatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 June 2015.