THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Gekkonidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Usambara Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus gravis Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grote’s dwarf geckoLygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guibé’s Dwarf Day GeckoLygodactylus guibei Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chevron-throated dwarf geckoLygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boettger's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus heterurus Boettger, 1913 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dar-es-Salaam Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus inexpectatus Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insular Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus insularis Boettger, 1913 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus intermedius Pasteur, 1995 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kenya Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus keniensis Parker, 1936 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus kibera Lobón-Rovira, Bauer, Vaz-Pinto, Trape, Conradie, Kusamba, Júlio, Cael, Stanley, Hughes, Behangana, Masudi, Pauwels & Greenbaum, 2023 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kim Howell’s dwarf geckoLygodactylus kimhowelli Pasteur, 1995 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus klemmeri Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kluge's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus klugei (Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Side-spotted dwarf geckoLygodactylus laterimaculatus Pasteur, 1964 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lawrence's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus lawrencei Hewitt, 1926 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobeke Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus lobeke Röll, Vaz-Pinto & Lobón-Rovira, 2024 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madagascar Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus madagascariensis (Boettger, 1881) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mann's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus manni Loveridge, 1928 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gunther's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus miops Günther, 1891 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus mirabundus Lobón-Rovira, Bauer, Vaz-Pinto, Trape, Conradie, Kusamba, Júlio, Cael, Stanley, Hughes, Behangana, Masudi, Pauwels & Greenbaum, 2023 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-headed dwarf geckoLygodactylus mombasicus Loveridge, 1935 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Ivohibe GeckoLygodactylus montanus Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus namoroka Rakotoarison, Gippner, Multzsch, Miralles, Razafimanafo, Hasiniaina, Glaw & Vences, 2025 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-spotted Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus nigropunctatus Jacobsen, 1992 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nyaneka Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus nyaneka Marques, Ceriaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer, 2020 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ocellated Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus ocellatus Roux, 1907 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ornate Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus ornatus Pasteur, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grote’s dwarf geckoLygodactylus pakenhami Loveridge, 1941 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus pauliani Pasteur & Blanc, 1991 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Painted Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus picturatus (Peters, 1870) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Robust Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus pictus (Peters, 1883) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thin Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus rarus Pasteur & Blanc, 1973 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| King Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus rex Broadley, 1963 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus roavolana Puente, Glaw, Vieites & Vences, 2009 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus roellae Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus salvi Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scheffler's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus schwitzeri Vences, Multzsch, Zebe, Gippner, Andreone, Crottini, Glaw, Köhler, Rakotomanga, Rasamison & Raselimanana, 2024 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scortecci's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus scorteccii Pasteur, 1959 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus somalicus Loveridge, 1935 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Soutpansberg Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus soutpansbergensis Jacobsen, 1994 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stevenson's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus tantsaha Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tchokwe Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus tchokwe Marques, Ceriaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer, 2020 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Annobon Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus thomensis (Peters, 1881) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus tuberosus Mertens, 1965 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygodactylus ulli Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mocquard's Dwarf GeckoLygodactylus verticillatus Mocquard, 1895 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Copal dwarf geckoLygodactylus viscatus Vaillant, 1873 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.