Angola dwarf gecko

Short description: Species of lizard

Angola dwarf gecko

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Family:  | Gekkonidae
Genus:  | Lygodactylus
Species:  |

L. angolensis

Binomial name
Lygodactylus angolensis

Bocage, 1896

Synonyms

Lygodactylus laurae

The Angola dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus angolensis) is a species of gecko native to southern Africa, where geckos in general have a high diversity. It is likely that they originated from Madagascar. They have been found in Angola, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia.[1] They were first named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1896.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "AFRICA". http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA.
2. ↑ Röll, Beate; Pröhl, Heike; Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter (2010-02-06). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327–335. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790310000527.

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