The banded leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus fasciatus) is a species of gecko.[1][2] It is endemic to West Africa west of the Dahomey Gap,[3] from southern Guinea to Togo.[2]
| Banded leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842
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Hemidactylus fasciatus is a fairly large gecko recognizable by the broad dark band between the eyes and the neck and by its pale upper lip. It can grow to 95 mm (3.7 in) in snout–vent length and about 172 mm (6.8 in) in total length.[3] It is generally found in the forest where it hides during the day in tree stumps or rock crevices.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Wagner, P.; Penner, J.; Rödel , M.-O.; Luiselli, L.; Segniagbeto, G. (2021). "Hemidactylus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T203841A2771794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T203841A2771794.en. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b Hemidactylus fasciatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b Wagner, Philipp; Leaché, Adam D. & Fujita, Matthew K. (June 2014). "Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63 (1): 1–14.