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title: "Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko"
description: "Chondrodactylus laevigatus — Reptiles. Button-scaled gecko (Chondrodactylus laevigatus) is a species of African gecko found in South Africa, Namibia, and Angola."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/fischer-s-thick-toed-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko

> Chondrodactylus laevigatus — Reptiles. Button-scaled gecko (Chondrodactylus laevigatus) is a species of African gecko found in South Africa, Namibia, and Angola.

- Scientific name: *Chondrodactylus laevigatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1182
- iNaturalist taxon: [797605](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/797605)

## Names

- en: Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko
- de: Fischers Dickfingergecko

## Countries with the most observations

NA (583), ZA (199), BW (105), MW (57), ZW (52), ZM (32), AO (8), TZ (6), MZ (5)

## Summary

Button-scaled gecko (Chondrodactylus laevigatus) is a species of African gecko found in South Africa, Namibia, and Angola.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%27s_thick-toed_gecko

## Photo

![Fischer's Thick-toed Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fischer-s-thick-toed-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126620952

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fischer-s-thick-toed-gecko?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).