Lygodactylus Gray 1864

난쟁이도마뱀붙이속(Lygodactylus)은 드워프 게코(dwarf geckos)라고도 불리며, 대략 60종으로 이루어진 주행성 도마뱀붙이류의 일속이다. 주로 아프리카와 마다가스카르에 서식하지만 두 종은 남아메리카에 서식한다. 제일 잘 알려진 흰머리난쟁이도마뱀붙이는 케냐에 서식한다.^[3]

근래 탄자니아에서 밝은 색깔의 멸종위기종 청록색난쟁이도마뱀붙이가 불법으로 수출되어, 파충류 거래에서 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류가 점점 주의를 끌고 있다. 야생 청록색난쟁이도마뱀붙이 거래는 불법이기 때문에, 이 녀석들을 포장한 상자는 보통 라벨에 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류(Lygodactylus spp.), 곶난쟁이도마뱀붙이(:en:Cape dwarf gecko) 따위로 일부러 거짓된 정보를 기입한다.^[4] 몇몇 세관원들이 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류의 구성원들을 구별하는 데 어려움을 겪고 있기 때문에,^[4] CITES에서 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류 식별 가이드를 온라인으로 출판하였다.^[5]

하위

종들은 종명(en:Specific name (zoology))에 따라 알파벳 순서대로 나열한다:^[2]

• Lygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896 – Angola dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus angularis Günther, 1893 – angulated dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus arnoulti G. Pasteur, 1965 – Pasteur's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus bernardi V. FitzSimons, 1958 – Bernard's dwarf gecko, Arnoult’s dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus bivittis (W. Peters, 1883) – tiny scaled gecko
• Lygodactylus blancae G. Pasteur, 1995 ‡
• Lygodactylus blanci G. Pasteur, 1967 ‡ – Blanc's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus bonsi G. Pasteur, 1962 – Bons's dwarf day gecko
• Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932 – Bradfield's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus broadleyi G. Pasteur, 1995 – Broadley's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus capensis (A. Smith, 1849) – Cape dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus chobiensis V. FitzSimons, 1932 – Okavango dwarf gecko, Chobe dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus conradti Matschie, 1892 – Matschie's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902 – Cameroon dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus decaryi Angel, 1930 – Angel's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus depressus K.P. Schmidt, 1919 – Zaire dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus expectatus G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1967 – Ambilobe dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus fischeri Boulenger, 1890 – Fischer's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus grandisonae G. Pasteur, 1962 – Kenya dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus graniticolus Jacobsen, 1992 – granite dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus gravis G. Pasteur, 1965 – Usambara dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911
• Lygodactylus guibei G. Pasteur, 1965 – western dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) – Uganda dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus heterurus Boettger, 1913 – Boettger's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus inexpectatus G. Pasteur, 1965 – Dar es Salaam dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus insularis Boettger, 1913 – insular dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus intermedius G. Pasteur, 1995
• Lygodactylus keniensis Parker, 1936 – Parker's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus kimhowelli G. Pasteur, 1995
• Lygodactylus klemmeri G. Pasteur, 1965 – Malagasy dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus klugei (H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977) – Kluge's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus laterimaculatus G. Pasteur, 1964
• Lygodactylus lawrencei Hewitt, 1926 – Lawrence's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus luteopicturatus G. Pasteur, 1964 – dwarf yellow-headed gecko, yellow-headed dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus madagascariensis (Boettger, 1881) – Madagascar dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus manni Loveridge, 1928 – Mann's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus methueni V. FitzSimons, 1937 – Methuen's dwarf gecko, Woodbrush dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus miops Günther, 1891 – Günther's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus mirabilis (G. Pasteur, 1962)
• Lygodactylus mombasicus Loveridge, 1935
• Lygodactylus montanus G. Pasteur, 1965 – Mount Ivohibe gecko
• Lygodactylus nigropunctatus Jacobsen, 1992 – black-spotted dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus ocellatus Roux, 1907 – ocellated dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus ornatus G. Pasteur, 1965 – ornate dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus pauliani G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1991

탄자니아 다르에스살람의 흰머리난쟁이도마뱀붙이. 꼬리는 자절이라 불리는 자가방어기제로 인해 끊어졌다.

• Lygodactylus picturatus (W. Peters, 1871) – white-headed dwarf gecko, painted dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus pictus (W. Peters, 1883) – robust dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus rarus G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1973 – thin dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus regulus Portik, Travers, Bauer & Branch, 2013 prince dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus rex Broadley, 1963 – king dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus roavolana Puente, Glaw, Vieites, & Vences, 2009
• Lygodactylus scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912 – Scheffler's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus scorteccii G. Pasteur, 1959 – Scortecci's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus somalicus Loveridge, 1935 – Somali dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926 – Stevenson's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus thomensis (W. Peters, 1881) – Annobon dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus tolampyae (Grandidier, 1872) – Grandidier's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus tuberosus Mertens, 1965
• Lygodactylus verticillatus Mocquard, 1895 – Mocquard's dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus viscatus (Vaillant, 1873)
• Lygodactylus waterbergensis Jacobsen, 1992 – Waterberg dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus wetzeli H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977 – South American dwarf gecko
• Lygodactylus williamsi Loveridge, 1952 – Williams's dwarf gecko, turquoise dwarf gecko, electric blue gecko
• Lygodactylus wojnowskii Malonza, Granthon, & Williams, 2016 – Mt. Kenya dwarf gecko

‡ L. blancae (feminine, genitive, singular) is named for (Ms) Françoise Blanc, a French geneticist; but L. blanci (masculine, genitive, singular) is named for (Mr.) Charles Pierre Blanc, a French herpetologist.^[6]

주의사항(en:Nota bene): 삽입어구의 이명 명명자(en:Binominal nomenclature)는 원래 해당 종을 난쟁이도마뱀붙이속(Lygodactylus)과는 다른 속에 속한 것으로 기술했을지도 모른다.

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