The Cameroon dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus conraui), also known commonly as Conrau's dwarf gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. This small gecko is found in forests, plantations and gardens in West Africa and Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, conraui, is in honor of German colonial agent Gustav Conrau.

Cameroon dwarf gecko

Geographic range

L. conraui is found from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.

Cameroon dwarf gecko

Reproduction

L. conraui is oviparous.

Cameroon dwarf gecko

References

Further reading

Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98: 1–469. (Lygodactylus conraui, pp. 220–221). Rösler H (1902). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lygodactylus conraui, p. 92). (in German). Tornier G (1902). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun [The Crocodilians, Turtles and Lizards in Cameroon]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 15 (6): 663–677 + Plate 35. (Lygodactylus conraui, new species, pp. 670–671 + Plate 35, figure 3). (in German).

Lygodactylus

Reptiles described in 1902

Taxa named by Gustav Tornier

Reptiles of West Africa

Fauna of Benin

Reptiles of Cameroon

Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea

Reptiles of Gabon

Fauna of Ghana

Fauna of Ivory Coast

Fauna of Togo