Stevenson's dwarf gecko

The specific name, stevensoni, is in honor of James Stevenson-Hamilton, the "father" of Kruger National Park.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Lygodatylus stevensoni, p. 253).

L. stevensoni is found in northeastern South Africa and southwestern Zimbabwe.{{NRDB species|genus=Lygodactylus|species=stevensoni}}

The preferred natural habitat of L. stevensoni is wooded granite-hills, where it is found on rocks and beneath the bark of dead trees.

Adults of L. stevensoni have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|3|–|4|cm|in|abbr=on}}.Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Lygodactylus stevensoni, p. 249 + Plate 91).

L. stevensoni is oviparous.

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• Hewitt J (1926). "Descriptions of some new species of batrachians and lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg 5: 435–448. (Lygodactylus stevensoni, new species).
• Röll B, Pröhl H, Hoffmann K-P (2010). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 327–335.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus stevensoni, p. 94). (in German).

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Category:Lygodactylus

Category:Reptiles of South Africa

Category:Reptiles of Zimbabwe

Category:Reptiles described in 1926

Category:Taxa named by John Hewitt (herpetologist)

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