The banded leaf-toed gecko (''Hemidactylus fasciatus'') is a species of gecko. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, M ...

west of the

Dahomey Gap In West Africa, the Dahomey Gap refers to the portion of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic that extends all the way to the coast in Benin, Togo, and Ghana, thus separating the forest zone that covers much of the south of the region into two separa ...

, from southern Guinea to Togo. ''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 in snout–vent length and about in total length. It is generally found in the forest where it hides during the day in tree stumps or rock crevices.

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Hemidactylus Geckos of Africa Reptiles of West Africa Fauna of Ghana Fauna of Ivory Coast Fauna of Liberia Fauna of Sierra Leone Fauna of Togo Reptiles described in 1842 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Hemidactylus-stub