난쟁이도마뱀붙이속

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.

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. 몇몇 세관원들이 난쟁이도마뱀붙이류의 구성원들을 구별하는 데 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 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

 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.

주의사항(:en:Nota bene): 삽입어구의 이명 명명자(:en:Binominal nomenclature)는 원래 해당 종을 난쟁이도마뱀붙이속(Lygodactylus)과는 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 Lygodactylus, 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 Lygodactylus, 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. (Lygodactylus, new genus, p. 59).

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