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Haemodracon is a small genus of rare geckos from Socotra archipelago.

It contains the following species:<ref name=Bauer_1997/>

The genus name is related to Dracaena cinnabari — the most famous tree of Socotra. It gives a red resin known as dragon's blood. The word Haemodracon is derived from the Latinized Greek haema-, meaning "blood", and dracon meaning "dragon".<ref name=Bauer_1997/>

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