Angola dwarf gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Angola dwarf gecko

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| genus = Lygodactylus

| species = angolensis

| authority = Bocage, 1896

| synonyms = Lygodactylus laurae

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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.{{Cite web |date= |title=AFRICA |url=http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929013959/http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date= |website=Zoo Institutes}} They were first named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1896.{{Cite journal |last=Röll |first=Beate |last2=Pröhl |first2=Heike |last3=Hoffmann |first3=Klaus-Peter |date=2010-02-06 |title=Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790310000527 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=327–335 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002|url-access=subscription }}