Editing Hemitheconyx (section)

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image         = Hemitheconyx_caudicinctus.jpg
| image_caption = [[African fat-tailed gecko]] (''Hemitheconyx caudicinctus'')
| taxon         = Hemitheconyx
| authority     = [[Leonhard Stejneger|Stejneger]], 1893
}}

'''''Hemitheconyx''''' is a genus of [[gecko]]s.<ref name=RDB/><ref name=ITIS/> Both species are found in [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Penner, J. |author2=Rödel , M.-O. |author3=Luiselli, L. |author4=Segniagbeto, G. |year=2013 |title=''Hemitheconyx caudicinctus'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T203830A2771717 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203830A2771717.en |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Spawls, S. |year=2021 |title=''Hemitheconyx taylori'' |volume=2021 |page=e.T203831A2771724 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T203831A2771724.en |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> They are known as '''fat-tailed geckos''' and often resemble [[leopard gecko]]s.