The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (''Lygodactylus picturatus'') is a species of ''

Lygodactylus ''Lygodactylus'' is a genus of diurnal geckos with 72 species. They are commonly referred to as dwarf geckos. They are mainly found in Africa and Madagascar although two species are found in South America. ''Lygodactylus picturatus'', the best ...

'' gecko widely distributed in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. One

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

is recognized, in addition to the nominate one: ''Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis'' Loveridge, 1935, the Sudani dwarf gecko. White-headed dwarf gecko

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Lygodactylus Reptiles of West Africa Reptiles of Cameroon Reptiles of the Central African Republic Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reptiles of Ethiopia Reptiles of Kenya Reptiles of Mozambique Reptiles of Somalia Reptiles of South Sudan Vertebrates of Sudan Reptiles of Uganda Reptiles of Tanzania Reptiles of Zimbabwe Reptiles of Zambia Reptiles described in 1871 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Lygodactylus-stub