Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842

Bauer, Aaron M., Tchibozo, Sévérin, Pauwels, Olivier S. G. & Lenglet, Georges, 2006, A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), Zootaxa 1242, pp. 1-20 : 9

Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842

This large (to at least 95 mm SVL elsewhere in its range; Schmidt 1919; Burger et al. 2004) and distinctive species is broadly distributed from Liberia to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been recorded from both forest ( Loveridge 1947; Perret 1963; Lawson 1993; Bauer & Pauwels 2002; Pauwels et al. 2004) and edificarian habitats ( Romer 1953; Joger 1982; Ota et al. 1987; Lawson 1993) elsewhere in its range. There are numerous records from Togo ( Matschie 1893b; Tornier 1901; Loveridge 1947; Joger 1981) and we also have material from the Forêt de Missahoé (IRSNB 17149, 17159, 17167), but the specimens noted here constitute the first published record of H. fasciatus for Bénin.