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Hemidactylus fasciatus GRAY, 1842

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Banded Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymHemidactylus fasciatus GRAY 1842: 58
Leiurus ornatus GRAY 1845: 157 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947)
Hemidactylus formosus HALLOWELL 1857: 148 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947)
Hemidactylus fasciatus — BOULENGER 1885: 124
Hemidactylus fasciatus — LOVERIDGE 1941: 116
Hemidactylus fasciatus — BROADLEY 1998
Hemidactylus fasciatus — WAGNER et al. 2014 
DistributionGuinea (Conakry), Liberia, Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), Ghana, Togo

Type locality: unknown (fide WERMUTH 1965)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH XXI.24.a
Syntypes: (3) ANSP 7451-53; Liberia [Hemidactylus formosus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1450 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Leiurus ornatus GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Leiurus GRAY 1845, now a synonym of Hemidactylus.

Distribution: The species was considered to be widespread in West Africa until Wagner et al. 2014 split it up into several species. The distribution given here is the restricted range.

Habitat: forests, walls of houses

Relationships. Genetic data was presented by Leaché & Fujita (2010), who showed that this species includes all populations that cluster with those from the western Guinean rainforest with strong support in the Bayesian species delimitation model. This species is closely related to the other West African species described herein (H. kyaboboensis sp. n.), which is so far only known from forests within the Dahomey Gap. See tree in Wagner et al. 2014.

Synonymy: LEACHÉ & FUJITA 2010 described three new species related to H. fasciatus (H. coalescens, H. eniangii, H. kyaboboensis) but were “not aware of any morphological or ecological characteristics that differentiate these lineages”. The new species are only defined by DNA sequences. BAUER et al. (2010) considered these new species as nomina nuda. They were later (again) described by Wagner et al. 2014 with more details, although the new descriptions have some issues too. See the entries of these species for details.

Species delimitation: Douglas & Bouckaert 2022 applied a new species delimitation approach to this and other species but apparently did not infer any changes to current species definitions. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin fascia = band, for the dorsal cross-bands in this species. 
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