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title: "Painted Dwarf Gecko"
description: "Lygodactylus picturatus — Gady. The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus) is a species of Lygodactylus gecko widely distributed in Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/painted-dwarf-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Dwarf Gecko

> Lygodactylus picturatus — Gady. The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus) is a species of Lygodactylus gecko widely distributed in Africa.

- Scientific name: *Lygodactylus picturatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 908
- Wikidata: [Q1362329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34238)

## Names

- en: Painted Dwarf Gecko
- de: Gelbkopf-Zwerggecko

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (662), KE (77), MZ (16)

## Summary

The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus) is a species of Lygodactylus gecko widely distributed in Africa.
One subspecies is recognized, in addition to the nominate one: Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis Loveridge, 1935, the Sudani dwarf gecko. The species Lygodactylus luteopicturatus was synonymized with L. picturatus in 2004.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_dwarf_gecko

## Photo

![Painted Dwarf Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-dwarf-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192620662

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-dwarf-gecko?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).