Dwarf yellow-headed gecko

Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko
Conservation status
Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: L. luteopicturatus
Binomial name
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus
Pasteur, 1964[1]
Subspecies
  • L. l. zanzibaritis Pasteur, 1964[2]
  • L. l. luteopicturatus Pasteur, 1964

The Yellow-headed Dwarf Gecko or Dwarf Yellow-headed Gecko (Lygodactylus luteopicturatus) is a small species of dwarf gecko found in the rocky areas of southern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, and Zanzibar.[2] It can grow up to 90 millimetres (3.5 in), but on average attains a length of 80 millimetres (3.1 in) with a snout-vent (body) length of 39 millimetres (1.5 in). The tail length can be equal to the length of the body from snout to the anus (SVL or Snout-Vent Length).[3]

References

  1. ^ Pasteur,G. 1964. Recherches sur l'évolution des lygodactyles, lézards Afro-Malagaches actuels. Trav. Inst. Scient. Chérif., Ser. Zool., No. 29: 1-132
  2. ^ a b Lygodactylus luteopicturatus, The Reptile Database
  3. ^ Geckos, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund