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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
SubspeciesLygodactylus picturatus picturatus (PETERS 1870)
Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis LOVERIDGE 1935 
Common NamesE: Painted Dwarf Gecko, White-headed Dwarf Gecko
G: Gelbkopf-Zwerggecko
sudanensis: Sudani Dwarf Gecko
luteopicturatus: Yellow-headed dwarf gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus variegatus PETERS 1868: 449 (not of DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836)
Hemidactylus picturatus PETERS 1870: 115 (nom. subst. pro H. variegatus)
Lygodactylus picturatus — BOULENGER 1885: 161
Lygodactylus picturatus var. griseus TORNIER 1897: 24
Lygodactylus picturatus var. septemlineatus TORNIER 1896: 15
Lygodactylus picturatus var. septemlineatus TORNIER 1897: 26
Lygodactylus septemstriatus [TORNIER 1897] (invalid emendation)
Lygodactylus picturatus var. quinquelineatus TORNIER 1896: 15
Lygodactylus picturatus var. quinquestriata TORNIER 1897: 25 (invalid emend.)
Lygodactylus picturatus picturatus — LOVERIDGE 1953: 171
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1964
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus luteopicturatus PASTEUR 1964
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis PASTEUR 1964
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus luteopicturatus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 10
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus picturatus — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) picturatus — RÖSLER 2000: 94
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) luteopicturatus luteopicturatus — RÖSLER 2000: 93
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) luteopicturatus zanzibaritis — RÖSLER 2000: 93
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus — JESUS et al. 2006
Lygodactylus picturatus — RÖLL et al. 2010
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus — MALONZA et al. 2011
Lygodactylus luteopicturatus zanzibaritis — BAUER 2013 (plates)
Lygodactylus picturatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 112
Lygodactylus picturatus zanzibaritis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 112

Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis LOVERIDGE 1935
Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis LOVERIDGE 1935: 197
Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis — KLUGE 1993
Lygodactylus sudanensis — LARGEN 1997: 78
Lygodactylus (Lygodactylus) picturatus sudanensis — RÖSLER 2000: 94
Lygodactylus sudanensis — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 328
Lygodactylus sudanensis — SPAWLS et al. 2023 
Distributioncoastal SE Kenya (Kilindini, Island Mombasa), NE Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Island Mafia, Somalia, Zanzibar (Saranda/Dodoma District), (Killilindi/Mombasa Suranda/Ugogo), Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga = SE Zaire), S Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS) (Abu Zor/Senaar), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali (likely; Joger & Lambert 1996), Gambia (Lygodactylus gutturalis, HÅKANSSON 1981)

S Cameroon (Foulassi), Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda ?, Burundi ?, Benin ?, Togo ?, Ghana ?, Ivory Coast ?, Liberia ?, Sierra Leone ?, Guinea-Bissau ?

sudanensis: Eritrea, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Ethiopia; Type locality: “Abu Zor, Senaar, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS)”

Type locality: “Zanzibarküste” [Tanzania]

luteopicturatus: S Kenya, E Tanzania, Zanzibar Island; Type locality(luteopicturatus): Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Type locality (zanzibaritis): Zanzibar, Tanzania  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 5570
Holotype: MCZ 8800; paratypes: MCZ 8799, 8801 rom El Mesherat, Senaar, MCZ 8802, BMNH 1908.5.19.7 from Roseires, Blue Nile, Senaar; MBNH 1927.8.13.16 from Singa, Blue Nile, Senaar, BMNH 1907.10.24.4 from between Wau and Chak Chak, Bahr el Ghazel Province, Sudan, MSNM (Milan) [sudanensis]
Holotype: SMF 57212 [luteopicturatus]
Holotype: MCZ 19118 [zanzibaritis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (230 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: Lygodactylus picturatus gutturalis (BOCAGE 1873) and Lygodactylus picturatus mombasicus LOVERIDGE 1935 have been elevated to full species status.

Synonymy: Mostly after Loveridge 1947 and Wermuth 1965. Listed in LeBreton 1999 as being a synonym of Lygodactylus gutturalis dysmicus. Lygodactylus picturatus ukerewensis LOVERIDGE 1935 is listed as a synonym of L. manni by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. RÖLL (2004) synonymized Lygodactylus luteopicturatus with L. picturatus without discussing the status of L. l. zanzibaritis further.

Sympatry: L. mombasicus (Kenya)

Distribution: Not in Equatorial Guinea fide SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
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