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

• Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70
• Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2001. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp

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