''Hemidactylus ituriensis'' (common name Ituri leaf-toed gecko) is a species of gecko. As currently known, 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 ...

to northeastern

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, although its true range probably extends eastwards to Uganda and Kenya. It belongs to the "'' Hemidactylus fasciatus'' species group". ''Hemidactylus ituriensis'' can grow to in snout–vent length and about in total length. It is locally common in tropical moist forest at elevations above .

References

Hemidactylus Geckos of Africa Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reptiles described in 1919 Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt {{Hemidactylus-stub