The genus Lygodactylus comprises 72 species of diurnal geckos. They are commonly known as dwarf geckos.
Most species live in Africa and Madagascar, with two species occurring in South America. The white-headed dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus picturatus, is a species of Lygodactylus found in Kenya and known as the white-headed dwarf gecko.
On this page we will collect and present pictures, photos and videos of various species of Dwarf Geckos. You also have the option to go back and view Gekkoninae subfamily photos or start over at the big Gekkonidae family of geckos, or at our top level page of gecko photos.
We hope you enjoy these photos of Dwarf Geckos!
Choose which dwarf gecko you wish to view pictures of from below list. As you can see we don’t have images of all of them yet. Contact us if you have any nice pictures that you would like to share here.
- Lygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896 – Angola dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus angularis Günther, 1893 – angulated dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus arnoulti G. Pasteur, 1965 – Pasteur’s dwarf gecko, Arnoult’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus baptistai Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer, 2020 photos
- Lygodactylus bernardi V. FitzSimons, 1958 – Bernard’s dwarf gecko, FitzSimon’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus bivittis (W. Peters, 1883) – tiny scaled gecko photos
- Lygodactylus blancae G. Pasteur, 1995 photos
- Lygodactylus blanci G. Pasteur, 1967 – Blanc’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus bonsi G. Pasteur, 1962 – Bons’s dwarf day gecko photos
- Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932 – Bradfield’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus broadleyi G. Pasteur, 1995 – Broadley’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus capensis (A. Smith, 1849) – Cape dwarf gecko, common dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus chobiensis V. FitzSimons, 1932 – Okavango dwarf gecko, Chobe dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus conradti Matschie, 1892 – Matschie’s dwarf gecko, Conradt’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus conraui Tornier, 1902 – Cameroon dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus decaryi Angel, 1930 – Angel’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus depressus K.P. Schmidt, 1919 – Zaire dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus expectatus G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1967 – Ambilobe dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus fischeri Boulenger, 1890 – Fischer’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus grandisonae G. Pasteur, 1962 – Kenya dwarf gecko, Bunty’s dwarf gecko, Grandison’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus graniticolus Jacobsen, 1992 – granite dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus gravis G. Pasteur, 1965 – Usambara dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus grotei Sternfeld, 1911 – Grote’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus guibei G. Pasteur, 1965 – western dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) – Uganda dwarf gecko, chevron-throated dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus heterurus Boettger, 1913 – Boettger’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus incognitus Jacobsen, 1992 – cryptic dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus inexpectatus G. Pasteur, 1965 – Dar es Salaam dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus insularis Boettger, 1913 – insular dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus intermedius G. Pasteur, 1995 photos
- Lygodactylus keniensis Parker, 1936 – Parker’s dwarf gecko, Kenya dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus kimhowelli G. Pasteur, 1995 – Kim Howell’s dwarf gecko, Tanzanian dwarf gecko, zebra dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus klemmeri G. Pasteur, 1965 – Malagasy dwarf gecko, Klemmer’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus klugei (H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977) – Kluge’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus laterimaculatus G. Pasteur, 1964 – side-spotted dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus lawrencei Hewitt, 1926 – Lawrence’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus luteopicturatus G. Pasteur, 1964 – dwarf yellow-headed gecko, yellow-headed dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus madagascariensis (Boettger, 1881) – Madagascar dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus manni Loveridge, 1928 – Mann’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus methueni V. FitzSimons, 1937 – Methuen’s dwarf gecko, Woodbrush dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus miops Günther, 1891 – Günther’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus mirabilis (G. Pasteur, 1962) photos
- Lygodactylus mombasicus Loveridge, 1935 – white-headed dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus montanus G. Pasteur, 1965 – Mount Ivohibe gecko photos
- Lygodactylus montiscaeruli Jacobsen, 1992 – Makgabeng dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus nigropunctatus Jacobsen, 1992 – black-spotted dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus nyaneka Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer, 2020 photos
- Lygodactylus ocellatus Roux, 1907 – ocellated dwarf gecko, spotted dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus ornatus G. Pasteur, 1965 – ornate dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus pauliani G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1991 – ornate dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus picturatus in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania photos
- Lygodactylus picturatus (W. Peters, 1871) – white-headed dwarf gecko, painted dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus pictus (W. Peters, 1883) – robust dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus rarus G. Pasteur & C. Blanc, 1973 – thin dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus regulus Portik, Travers, Bauer & Branch, 2013 – prince dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus rex Broadley, 1963 – king dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus roavolana Puente, Glaw, Vieites, & Vences, 2009 photos
- Lygodactylus scheffleri Sternfeld, 1912 – Scheffler’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus scorteccii G. Pasteur, 1959 – Scortecci’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus somalicus Loveridge, 1935 – Somali dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus soutpansbergensis Jacobsen, 1994 – Soutpansberg dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus stevensoni Hewitt, 1926 – Stevenson’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus tchokwe Marques, Ceríaco, Buehler, Bandeira, Janota & Bauer, 2020 photos
- Lygodactylus thomensis (W. Peters, 1881) – Annobon dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus tolampyae (Grandidier, 1872) – Grandidier’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus tsavoensis Malonza, Bauer, Granthon, D. Williams & Wojnowski, 2019 – Tsavo dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus tuberosus Mertens, 1965 photos
- Lygodactylus verticillatus Mocquard, 1895 – Mocquard’s dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus viscatus (Vaillant, 1873) – Howell’s dwarf gecko, Copal dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus waterbergensis Jacobsen, 1992 – Waterberg dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus wetzeli (H.M. Smith, R.L. Martin & Swain, 1977) – South American dwarf gecko photos
- Lygodactylus williamsi Loveridge, 1952 – Williams’ dwarf gecko, turquoise dwarf gecko, electric blue gecko photos
- Lygodactylus wojnowskii Malonza, Granthon & D. Williams, 2016 – Mt. Kenya dwarf gecko photos