These pretty little day-active geckos were common around the camp, on posts and in bushes, but secretive. They tended to dash out of sight the moment you saw them.

Thanks to Thomas Price of Price Reptiles for identifying the species of the gecko in the top picture. I could find no other photo of this species on the web or in any of my reference books. I assume that the tiny orange-tailed youngster in the second photo is the same species because it would be surprising to find two dwarf gecko species living in exactly the same habitat.

The new East Africa reptiles guide notes that the various dwarf gecko species are poorly known, and the descriptions are often based on just a few individuals. This book had no photos of L. scheffleri, and none of the photographs of other dwarf gecko species looked like this. The book confirms that L. scheffleri has been recorded near where I took these photos.