Hemidactylus barbierii SINDACO, RAZZETTI & ZILIANI, 2007

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Barbieri’s Turkana Gecko
Synonym	Hemidactylus barbierii SINDACO, RAZZETTI & ZILIANI in SINDACO et al. 2007 Hemidactylus barbierii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 86
Distribution	N Kenya (from Lake Turkana) Type locality: Kenya, Marsabit district, lagga Daudi (3°53’08”N – 36°19’02”E), about 17 km South of Koobi Fora not far from the eastern lake Turkana shore
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MSNPV CR849, adult male, U. Ziliani, E. Razzetti, R. Sindaco, C. Carugati leg., 7.VII.2005.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A medium sized Hemidactylus (male SVL = 40 mm, female SVL = 50 mm), with a very distinctive dorsal banded pattern. Back covered by large, trihedral, strongly keeled tubercles intermixed with a few small, irregular shaped granules, forming 14 quite regular transverse rows from axilla to groin (counted along a paravertebral line); nostril in contact with the rostral, first supralabial, 1 enlarged internasal (post-rostral) and 2-3 postnasals; rostral scale divided longitudinally for half of its length in the superior part; 6 lamellae under the first toe and 10 under the 4th toe; sole without enlarged scales; male with 8 pre-cloacal pores; female without pores.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Francesco Barbieri (1944-2001), Professor of Zoology at the University of Pavia.
References	Kirchhof S, Wasonga V, Mazuch T, Spawls S, Malonza KP. 2023. An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1/2) [General Section]: 1–18 (e324) - get paper here Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54 Sindaco, R., Razzetti E., Ziliani U., Wasonga V., Carugati C., Fasola M. 2007. A New Species of Hemidactylus from Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Acta Herpetologica 2 (1): 37-48 - get paper here Sindaco, Roberto; Ugo Ziliani; Edoardo Razzetti; Caterina Carugati; Cristina Grieco; Fabio Pupin; Badr Awadh Al-Aseily; Francesca Pella; Mauro Fasola 2009. A misunderstood new gecko of the genus Hemidactylus from Socotra Island, Yemen (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) . Acta Herpetologica 4 (1): 83-98 - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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