'''드워프 게코'''(dwarf geckos)라고도 불리며, 대략 60종으로 이루어진 주행성 도마뱀붙이류의 일속이다. 주로 아프리카와 마다가스카르에 서식하지만 종은 남아메리카에 서식한다. 제일 알려진 흰머리난쟁이도마뱀붙이는 케냐에 서식한다. 근래 탄자니아에서 밝은 색깔의 멸종위기종 청록색난쟁이도마뱀붙이가 불법으로 수출되어, 파충류 거래에서 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류가 점점 주의를 끌고 있다. 야생 청록색난쟁이도마뱀붙이 거래는 불법이기 때문에, 녀석들을 포장한 상자는 보통 라벨에 spp.''), dwarf gecko) 따위로 일부러 거짓된 정보를 기입한다. 몇몇 세관원들이 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류의 구성원들을 구별하는 어려움을 겪고 있기 때문에, CITES에서 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류 식별 가이드를 온라인으로 출판하였다. == 하위 == 종들은 종명(:en:Specific name (zoology))에 따라 알파벳 순서대로 나열한다: ''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 G. Pasteur, 1964 ''Lygodactylus lawrencei'' Hewitt, 1926 Lawrence's dwarf gecko ''Lygodactylus G. Pasteur, 1964 dwarf yellow-headed gecko, yellow-headed dwarf gecko ''Lygodactylus (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 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 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 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, French geneticist; but ''L. blanci'' (masculine, genitive, singular) is named for (Mr.) Charles Pierre Blanc, French herpetologist. 주의사항(:en:Nota bene): 삽입어구의 이명 nomenclature)는 원래 해당 종을 다른 속에 속한 것으로 기술했을지도 모른다. == 각주 == == 참고 문헌 == 불랑제 (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii 436 pp. Plates I-XXXII. (Genus pp. 158–159). 브랜치(:en:Branch) (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. (Genus p. 245). 그레이 (1864). "Notes on some Lizards from South-Eastern Africa, with the Descriptions of several New Species". ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London'' '''1864''': 58-62. new genus, p. 59). 분류:도마뱀붙이과 분류:존 에드워드 그레이가 명명한 분류군