Lygodactylus gravis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species: Lygodactylus gravis

Name

Lygodactylus gravis Pasteur, 1965: 311

• Holotype: MCZ R-24065, ♂.
• Type locality: “Phillipshof (monts Ousambara, Tanganyika)”.

Native distribution areas

• Tanzania: restricted to a number of localities within the West and East Usambaras and South Pare Mountains, and Mkomazi National Park.

References

Primary references

• Pasteur, G. 1965. Notes préliminaires sur les lygodactyles (Gekkonidés) IV. – Diagnoses de quelques formes africaines et malgaches. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2ème série 36(3): 311–314. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lygodactylus gravis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 May 2020.
• Msuya, C.A., Ngalason, W., Howell, K., Menegon, M. & Spawls, S. 2014. IUCN: Lygodactylus gravis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T178198A45065077. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178198A45065077.en. Accessed on 24 July 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Usambara Dwarf Gecko