A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) Author Bauer, Aaron M. Author Tchibozo, Sévérin Author Pauwels, Olivier S. G. Author Lenglet, Georges text Zootaxa 2006 1242 1 20 journal article 50634 10.5281/zenodo.273464 3301c485-76c8-496d-93fd-a360f691a89b 1175­5326 273464 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 .