| Cape Dwarf Gecko | |
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| Gauteng, South Africa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus capensis (Smith, 1849) |
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The Cape Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus capensis) is a species of dwarf gecko found in the woodlands and forests of central and southern Africa (Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Pemba Island).[1]
Length (svl) is 39 mm for males, 43 mm for females. Throat is stippled with grey or brown while the belly is cream coloured. The back is grey-brown with dark streak from snout to shoulder or beyond.[2] It is sometimes seen as a pet.