| Angola dwarf gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lygodactylus |
| Species: | L. angolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygodactylus angolensis Bocage, 1896 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lygodactylus laurae | |
The Angola dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus angolensis) is a species of gecko native to southern Africa, where geckos in general have a high diversity. It is likely that they originated from Madagascar. They have been found in Angola, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia. They were first named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1896.
References
- "AFRICA". Zoo Institutes. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- Röll, Beate; Pröhl, Heike; Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter (2010-02-06). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 327–335. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Lygodactylus angolensis | |
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