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Taxonomy of the genus Lygodactylus Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Lygodactylus in general

Bons, J.; Pasteur, G. 1977. Solution histologiques un probl me de taxonomie herp tologique int ressant les rapports pal obiologiques de l' merique du Sud et de l' frique. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances. Academie des Sciences (Paris) Serie D (Sciences Naturelles) 284(24): 2547-2550.

Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Description of a new genus of Geckos. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5) 11: 174-176.

Broadley, D.G. 1958. The dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 5(1): 7-8.

Foelling, M.; Knogge, C.; B hme, W. 2001. Geckos are milking honeydew-producing planthoppers in Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 35(2): 279-284.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1997. Family Gekkonidae genus Lygodactylus. pp. 29-34. In: Wyk, J.H. van (ed.). Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium (South African lizards: 50 years of progress) and Third H.A.A. Symposium on African herpetology: held at the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11-15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Matieland. 227 pp.

Kastle, W. 1964. Verhaltensstudien an Taggeckonen der Gattungen Lygodactylus und Phelsuma. Zeitschrift f r Tierpsychologie 21: 484-507.

Krueger, J. 2001. Die madagassischen Gekkoniden. II. Die Geckos der Gattung Lygodactylus Gray, 1864 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 3-28.

Maderson, P.F.A. 1968. The epidermal glands of Lygodactylus (Gekkonidae, Lacertilia). Breviora 288: 1-35.

Mezzasalma, M.; Andreone, F.; Aprea, G.; Glaw, F.; Odierna, G.; Guarino, F.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and chromosome evolution of Malagasy dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(1): 42 54

Mobbs, A.J. 1979. Lygodactylus (geckos) some notes on conditions for breeding. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 44(9): 39, 46.

Mobbs, A.J. 1981. Lygodactylus (day geckos) - their care and breeding. Herptile 6(1): 20-23.

Pasteur, G. 1962. Notes pr liminaires sur les Lygodactyles (Gekkonid s). 2. - Diagnose de quelques Lygodactylus d'Afrique. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 24A: 606-614.

Pasteur, G. 1962. Notes pr liminaires sur les lygodactyles (Gekkonid s). 3. Diagnose de Millotisaurus gen. nov. de Madagascar. Comptes Rendus des Seances Mensuelles de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 28: 65-66.

Pasteur, G. 1964. Notes preliminaires sur les Lygodactyles (Gekkonides). 4. Diagnose de quelques formes africaines et malgaches. Bulletin du Mus um National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 36: 311-314.

Pasteur, G. 1964. Recherches sur l'evolution des Lygodactyles. Lezards afromalgaches actuels. Travaux Institut Scientifique Cherifien Serie Zoologique 29: 1-160.

Pasteur, G. 1965. Notes pr liminaires sur les Lygodactyles (Gekkonid s). IV. - Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches. Bulletin du Mus um National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 36: 311-314.

Pasteur, G. 1967. Note preliminaire sur les Geckos du genre Lygodactylus rapportes par Ch. Blanc du Mont Bity (Madagascar). Bulletin du Mus um National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 39: 439-443.

Pasteur, G. 1967. Redecouverte d'un genre de Sauriens malgaches: Microscalabotes (Gekkonides). Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Madagascar 5: 75-77.

Pasteur, G. 1977. Quelques commentaires a propos de l'esp ce chez les lygodactyles. Memoires Societe Zoologique de France 39: 335-358.

Pasteur, G. 1982. Speciation and transspecific evolution. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 96: 511-538.

Pasteur, G. 1995. Biodiversit et reptiles: diagnoses de sept nouvelles esp ces fossiles et actuelles du genre de l zards Lygodactylus (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Dumerilia 2: 1-21.

Pasteur, G.; Blanc, C.P. 1967. Les lezards du sous-genre malgache de Lygodactyles Domerguella (Gekkonides). Bulletin de la Soci t Zoologique de France 92: 583-597.

Pasteur, G.; Blanc, C.P. 1973. Nouvelles tudes sur les lygodactyles (Sauriens gekkonid s) 1. Donn es r centes sur Domerguella et sur ses rapports avec la phytog ographie Malgache. Bulletin de la Soci t Zoologique de France 98(1): 165-174.

Puente, M.; Glaw, F.; Vieites, D.R.; Vences, M. 2009. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2103: 1-76.

Puente, M.; Thomas, M.; Vences, M. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy dwarf geckos, Lygodactylus Gray, 1864: preliminary data from mitochondrial dna sequences (Squamata: Gekkonidae). pp. 229-235. In: Huber, B.A.; Sinclair, B.J. & Lampe, K.H. (eds.). African biodiversity. Molecules, organisms, ecosystems. Springer, New York. 443 pp.

R ll, B. 2003. Delightful dwarfs: diurnal geckos of the genus Lygodactylus. Gekko 3(2): 21-33.

R ll, B. 2004. Tagaktive Zwerggeckos aus Afrika und Madagaskar: die Gattung Lygodactylus. Draco 5(2) (18): 18-27.

R ll, B. 2004. Zwerggeckos - Lygodactylus. Natur und Tier-Verlag, M nster. 64 pp.

R ll, B. 2005. Variability in a common species: the Lygodactylus capensis complex from southern and eastern Africa (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). pp. 237-244. In: Huber, B.A.; Sinclair, B.J. & Lampe, K.H. (eds.). African biodiversity. Molecules, organisms, ecosystems. Springer, New York. 443 pp.

R ll, B. 2013. Tagaktive Zwerggeckos der Gattung Lygodactylus. Natur und Tier-Verlag, M nster. 118 pp.

R ll, B. 2018. Tagaktive, kleine Geckos die Gattung Lygodactylus. Reptilia (D) 132: ?

R ll, B.; Pr hl, H.; Hoffmann, K.P. 2010. Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(1): 327-335.

R sler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) - 2. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Lygodactylus Gray, 1864 (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae). Gekkota 2: 208-219.

Tornier, G. 1899. Ein Eidechsenschwanz mit Saugscheibe. Biol. Centrbl. 19: 549-552.

Travers, S.L.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31-42.

Lygodactylus angularis

Broadley, D.G. 2000. Lygodactylus angularis (G nther, 1893). Angle-throated Dwarf Gecko. African Herp News 31: 12.

Castiglia, R.; Annesi, F. 2011. The phylogenetic position of Lygodactylus angularis and the utility of using the 16S rDNA gene for delimiting species in Lygodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Acta Herpetologica 6(1): 35-45.

Haagner, G.V. 1999. Life history notes: Lygodactylus angularis angularis. G nther's Dwarf Gecko. Reproduction. African Herp News 28: 29-30.

Stevens, K. 2015. The care and breeding of Lygodactylus angularis. Herptile 40(1): 13-14.

Lygodactylus arnoulti

R ll, B. 2004. Lygodactylus arnoulti Pasteur. Sauria (Berlin) 26(3): 613-616. (Suppl).

R sler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) - 2. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Lygodactylus Gray, 1864 (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae). Gekkota 2: 208-219.

Lygodactylus bernardi

Broadley, D.G. 1962. The herpetofauna of the Inyanga National Park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 17/18: 8-10.

Lygodactylus blancae

Rakotondrazafy, A.M.; Vences, M. 2011. New distribution record of Lygodactylus blancae, a poorly known dwarf gecko from Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 4: 409-412.

Randrianantoandro, C.J.; Hobinjatovo, T. 2011. New observations of Blanc's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus blancae Pasteur, 1995) from the central highlands of Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 4: 233-237.

Lygodactylus bradfieldi

Broadley, D.G. 1991. Lygodactylus bradfieldi. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 19.

Broadley, D.G. 1992. New distribution records for geckos from western Beitbridge District, Zimbabwe. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 35.

Hewitt, J. 1932. Some new Species and Subspecies of South African Batrachians and Lizards. Annals of the Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg) 7(1): 105-128.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 2011. The distribution of Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt 1932 in Limpopo province, South Africa. African Herp News 53: 21-27.

Lygodactylus capensis

Branch, W.R.; Haagner, G.V. 1993. Lygodactylus capensis capensis Cape dwarf gecko. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 35.

Brock, G.T. 1932. Some developmental stages in the skull of the geckos, Lygodactylus capensis and Pachydactylus maculosa, and their bearing on certain important problems in lacertilian craniology. South African Journal of Science 29: 508-532.

Douglas, R.M. 1990. Incidences of homosciens and homoinsciens translocation in the Orange Free State. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 55-56.

Douglas, R.M. 1993. Lygodactylus capensis capensis Cape dwarf gecko. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 34-35.

FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 35-40.

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

Fleming, P.A.; Bateman, P.W. 2012. Autotomy, tail regeneration and jumping ability in Cape dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus capensis) (Gekkonidae). African Zoology 47(1): 55-59.

Fleming, P.A.; Verburgt, L.; Scantlebury, M.; Medger, K.; Bateman, P.W. 2009. Jettisoning ballast or fuel? Caudal autotomy and locomotory energetics of the Cape dwarf gecko Lygodactylus capensis (Gekkonidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82(6): 756-765.

Goldberg, S.R. 2007. Note on reproduction of the Cape dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus capensis (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from southern Africa. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 42(12): 195-196.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 2012. Geographical distribution: Lygodactylus capensis capensis A. Smith, 1849. Cape Dwarf Gecko. South Africa: Western Cape Province. African Herp News 56: 37-38.

Loveridge, A. 1935. New geckos of the genus Lygodactylus from Somaliland, Sudan, Kenya and Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48: 195-200.

Lyakurwa, J.V. 2017. Natural history notes: Lygodactylus capensis (Cape Dwarf Gecko). Dermatophagy. Herpetological Review 48(3): 652.

Medger, K.; Verburgt, L.; Bateman, P.W. 2008. The influence of tail autotomy on the escape response of the cape dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus capensis. Ethology 114(1): 42-52.

Porter, B.W. 1999. Life history notes: Lygodactylus capensis. Cape Dwarf Gecko. Predation by bats. African Herp News 29: 35-36.

R ll, B. 2000. Lygodactylus capensis (A. Smith). Sauria (Berlin) 22(3): 487-490.

Simbotwe, M.p. 1983. Comparative ecology of diurnal geckos (Lygodactylus) in Kafue Flats, Zambia. African Journal of Ecology 21(3): 143-153.

Simbotwe, M.P. 1983. On spacing patterns and diversity of escape tactics in diurnal geckos (Lygodactylus) in Kafue Flats, Zambia. Amphibia-Reptilia 4(1): 35-41.

Simbotwe, M.P.; Garber, S.D. 1979. Feeding habits of lizards in the genera Mabuya, Agama, Ichnotropis and Lygodactylus in Zambia, Africa. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 82(1): 55-59.

Tasman, K. 1958. Some Rhodesian geckos. Proceedings Rhod. sci. Ass. 46: 135-146.

Venter, J.A.; Conradie, W. 2015. A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications. Koedoe 57(1) (Art. 1247): 1-25.

Villiers, A.L. de 2006. Lygodactylus capensis capensis (A. Smith, 1849). Cape Dwarf Gecko. African Herp News 40: 29-30.

Werner, Y.L. 1977. Ecological comments on some gekkonid lizards of the Namib Desert, South West Africa. Madoqua 10(2): 157-169.

Witberg, M.; Zyl, R. van 2008. Lycodactylus [Lygodactylus] capensis capensis (A Smith, 1849). Cape Dwarf Gecko. African Herp News 46: 23-24.

Yeadon, R.B. 1991. Lygodactylus capensis capensis. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 19.

Lygodactylus chobiensis

Broadley, D.G.; Wilson, V.J. 2005. Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons, 1935. Chobe Dwarf Gecko. African Herp News 38: 29-30.

FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 35-40.

Haagner, G.V. 1992. Lygodactylus chobiensis. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 40.

Lambert, M. 1992. Lizards, DDT and deltamethrin in NW Zimbabwe. pp. 289-292. In: Korsos, Z. & Kiss, I. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 19-23 August 1991, Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 531 pp.

Morgan-Davies, A.M.; Dudley, C.O.; Meredith, H.M. 1984. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of Liwonde National Park, Malawi. Nyala 10(2): 91-98.

Pasteur, G. 1960. Notes preliminaires sur les Lygodactyles. (Gekkonides). 1. Remarques sur les sous-esp ces de Lygodactylus picturatus. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 22: 1441-1452.

Roll, B. 1999. Lygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimons. Sauria (Berlin) 21(3): 457-460.

Simbotwe, M.P. 1983. A report on scoliosis in the diurnal gecko Lygodactylus chobiensis FitzSimons 1932 inhabiting Lochinvar National Park, Zambia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 29(1): 18.

Simbotwe, M.p. 1983. Comparative ecology of diurnal geckos (Lygodactylus) in Kafue Flats, Zambia. African Journal of Ecology 21(3): 143-153.

Simbotwe, M.P. 1983. On spacing patterns and diversity of escape tactics in diurnal geckos (Lygodactylus) in Kafue Flats, Zambia. Amphibia-Reptilia 4(1): 35-41.

Lygodactylus conradti

Travers, S.L.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M. 2014. A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 31-42.

Lygodactylus conraui

Barbour, T.; Loveridge, A. 1927. Some undescribed frogs and a new gecko from Liberia. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 10: 13-18.

Bauer, A.M.; Tchibozo, S.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Lenglet, G. 2006. A review of the gekkotan lizards of Benin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20.

Hofmann, T. 2011. Ein eiklebender Vertreter der Gattung Lygodactylus Gray, 1864: Lygodactylus cf. conraui Tornier, 1902. Sauria (Berlin) 33(2): 29-30.

Manners, G.R.; Goergen, G. 2015. Lygodactylus conraui (Cameroon or Conrau's Dwarf Gecko): use of edificarian habitat and anthropochory in Benin. Herpetological Bulletin 131: 32-33.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Carlino, P.; Chirio, L.; Albert, J.L. 2016. Miscellanea herpetologica gabonica IV. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51(5): 73-79.

R ll, B. 2018. Der kleine Gr ne Conraus Zwergtaggecko, Lygodactylus conraui. Reptilia (D) 132: ?

Lygodactylus decaryi

Angel, F. 1930. Sur un lezard nouveau de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Lygodactylus. Bulletin de la Soci t Zoologique de France 55: 253.

Lygodactylus depressus

Fehringer, P. 1992. Der Haftschwanzgecko. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 45(5): 300-301.

Lygodactylus dysmicus

Perret, J.L. 1963. Les Gekkonidae du Cameroun, avec la description de deux sous-esp ces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 70: 47-60.

Lygodactylus fischeri

Laurent, R.F. 1982. Deux l zards interessants de la cuvette centrale zairoise. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 96(2): 439-444.

Lygodactylus graniticolus

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1992. New Lygodactylus taxa (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Transvaal. Bonner Zoologische Beitr ge 43(4): 527-542.

Lygodactylus grotei

Loveridge, A. 1920. Notes on East African Lizards collected 1915-1919, with Description of a new Genus and Species of skink and new Subspecies of Gecko. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1920: 131-167.

Loveridge, A. 1941. New geckos (Phelsuma and Lygodactylus), snake (Leptotyphlops) and frog (Phrynobatrachus) from Pemba Island, East Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 175-178.

Lygodactylus grzimeki

Bannikov, A.G.; Darevsky, I.S. 1969. Lygodactylus angularis grzimeki subsp. n. Bannikov et Darevsky from the Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 48(3): 452-455.

Lygodactylus gutturalis

Angel, F. 1950. Contribution a l' tude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Lezards. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 331-336.

Grandison, A.G.C. 1956. On a collection of lizards from West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 18: 224-245.

Laurent, R.F. 1952. Reptiles et batraciens nouveaux du massif du mont Kabobo et du plateau des Marungu. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 46: 18-34.

Pasteur, G. 1960. Notes preliminaires sur les Lygodactyles. (Gekkonides). 1. Remarques sur les sous-esp ces de Lygodactylus picturatus. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 22: 1441-1452.

R del, M.O.; Grabow, K.; Hallermann, J.; Bockheler, C. 1997. Die Echsen des Comoe-Nationalparks, Elfenbeink ste. Salamandra 33(4): 225-240.

R ll, B. 2005. Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage). Sauria (Berlin) 27(3): 645-648. (Suppl).

Trape, J.F. 2012. Geographic distribution: Geographic distribution: Lygodactylus gutturalis (Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko). Guinea: Upper Guinea region. Herpetological Review 43(1): 102.

Trape, J.F. 2012. Geographic distribution: Geographic distribution: Lygodactylus gutturalis (Chevron-throated Dwarf Gecko). Mali: Sikasso region. Herpetological Review 43(1): 102-103.

Lygodactylus heterurus

R sler, H. 1998. Eine neue Unterart von Lygodactylus heterurus Boettger, 1913 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria (Berlin) 20(4): 31-38.

Lygodactylus keniensis

Donihue, C.M.; Porensky, L.M.; Foufopoulos, J.; Riginos, C.; Pringle, R.M. 2013. Glade cascades: indirect legacy effects of pastoralism enhance the abundance and spatial structuring of arboreal fauna. Ecology (Washington D C) 94(4): 827-837.

Greer, A.E. 1967. The ecology and behaviour of two sympatric Lygodactylus geckos. Breviora 268: 1-19.

Maderson, P.F.A. 1971. The regeneration of caudal epidermal specializations in Lygodactylus picturatus keniensis (Gekkonidae, Lacertilia). Journal of Morphology 134: 467-478.

Pasteur, G. 1960. Notes preliminaires sur les Lygodactyles. (Gekkonides). 1. Remarques sur les sous-esp ces de Lygodactylus picturatus. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 22: 1441-1452.

Pringle, R.M. 2008. Elephants as agents of habitat creation for small vertebrates at the patch scale. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 89(1): 26-33.

Pringle, R.M.; Doak, D.F.; Brody, A.K.; Jocque, R.; Palmer, T.M. 2010. Spatial pattern enhances ecosystem functioning in an African savanna. PLoS Biology 8(5): 1-12.

Pringle, R.M.; Young, T.P.; Rubenstein, D.I.; McCauley, D.J. 2007. Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(1): 193-197.

Lygodactylus klemmeri

Puente, M.; Glaw, F.; Vieites, D.R.; Vences, M. 2009. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2103: 1-76.

Puente, M.; Raselimanana, A.P.; Vences, M. 2005. Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri. Zootaxa 1073: 31-35.

Lygodactylus klugei

Aximoff, I.; Felix, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Lygodactylus klugei (Kluge's Dwarf Gecko). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(2): 439.

Barbosa Galdino, C.A.; Cunha Passos, D.; Zanchi, D.; Holanda Bezerra, C. 2011. Natural history notes: Lygodactylus klugei (NCN). Sexual dimorphism, habitat, diet. Herpetological Review 42(2): 275-276.

Martins Teixeira, A.A.; Roberto, I.J.; Oliveira, H.F. de; Goncalves de Sousa, J.G.; Alves Teles, D.; Vieira Freita, F.R.; vila, R.W. 2013. Phloem sap feeding in Lygodactylus klugei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 6: 545-547.

Smith, H.M.; Martin, R.L.; Swain, T.A. 1977. A new genus and two new species of South American geckos (Reptilia, Lacertilia). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (S o Paulo) 30(14): 195-213.

Teles, D.A.; Morais Ointo, C.L. de; Araujo Filho, J.A. de; Martins Teixeira, A.A. 2018. Natural history notes: Lygodactylus klugei and Tropidurus cocorobensis. Death feigning. Herpetological Review 49(3): 537.

Vitt, L.J.; Ballinger, R.E. 1982. The adaptive significance of a complex caudal adaptation in the tropical gekkonid lizard Lygodactylus klugei. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60(11): 2582-2587.

Lygodactylus luteopicturatus

Lambert, M.; Dewhurst, C.F. 1998. Gecko predation by skink observed in Tanzania. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 62: 29-30.

Lygodactylus manni

Loveridge, A. 1928. Description of a new species of gecko from Tanganyika Territory, Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72(24): 1.

Loveridge, A. 1935. New geckos of the genus Lygodactylus from Somaliland, Sudan, Kenya and Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48: 195-200.

Lygodactylus methueni

FitzSimons, V. 1937. Three new lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 17: 275-279.

Lygodactylus mirabilis

Chiari, Y.; Vieites, D.R.; Guo, J.; Bora, P.; Vences, M. 2009. High haplotype diversity in a microendemic Malagasy gecko species, Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962). Zootaxa 2269: 43-52.

Kruger, J. 1999. Neue Erkenntnisse zur Faunistik einiger Reptilien Madagaskars. Salamandra 35(2): 65-76.

Lygodactylus nigropunctatus

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1992. New Lygodactylus taxa (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Transvaal. Bonner Zoologische Beitr ge 43(4): 527-542.

Lygodactylus ocellatus

Haagner, G.V. 1990. Lygodactylus ocellatus. Spotted dwarf gecko. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 49.

Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1994. A new subspecies of Lygodactylus ocellatus (Roux) (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the Soutpansberg, South Africa. Journal of African Zoology 108(3): 231-236.

Lygodactylus pauliani

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Lygodactylus picturatus

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Lygodactylus pictus

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Lygodactylus regulus

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Lygodactylus rex

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Lygodactylus roavolana

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Lygodactylus scorteccii

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Lygodactylus somalicus

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Lygodactylus stevensoni

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Lygodactylus sudanensis

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Lygodactylus thomensis

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Lygodactylus tolampyae

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Lygodactylus verticillatus

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Lygodactylus viscatus

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Lygodactylus waterbergensis

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Lygodactylus wetzeli

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Lygodactylus wojnowskii

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