Williams' Dwarf Gecko

Lygodactylus williamsi

Reptilestrong against amphibians, mammals

Mythic

Leader · Scales

Counts as two reptiles: while active, it takes 3 less damage (6 with another reptile in play).

Lygodactylus williamsi

Photo: © kuhnmi (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Amphibians
Mammals

Weak against

Birds
Fungi

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

Lygodactylus williamsi is a critically endangered species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to a small area of Tanzania. Common names include turquoise dwarf gecko, William's dwarf gecko and, in the pet trade, electric blue gecko or electric blue day gecko.

Illegally wild-caught specimens are widely sold in the pet trade, often falsely promoted as captive-bred. Although L. williamsi breeds in captivity, the young require a lot of specific care, making large-scale breeding difficult. There is some specialist breeding, with one very large breeder claiming to have produced about a thousand individuals as of 2017, but no large-scale professional breeding. A captive breeding project and studbook was initiated by EAZA-registered zoos in 2013.

L. williamsi, as a species, was placed under EU Appendix B protection (December 2014) and EU Appendix A protection (January 2017), and given CITES Appendix I protection in January 2017, as well. The gecko may not be kept or sold in the EU without documentation and permits, renewable every three years, and geckos must now be registered. Similar restrictions apply in many other jurisdictions.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Lygodactylus williamsi, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Mythic.

Observations: 59 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 969 mg

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