Angola dwarf gecko explained

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.^[1] They were first named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1896.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFRICA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929013959/http://www.zooinstitutes.com/Zoology/continents.asp?name=AFRICA . September 29, 2007 . Zoo Institutes.
2. Röll . Beate . Pröhl . Heike . Hoffmann . Klaus-Peter . 2010-02-06 . Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 56 . 1 . 327–335 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002.