Hemidactylus barbierii is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Kenya.
Etymology The specific name, barbierii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Francesco Barbieri (1944–2001).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus barbierii, p. 16).
Geographic range H. barbierii is found in the area east of Lake Turkana, in northern Kenya.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of H. barbierii is savanna.
Description H. barbierii is medium-sized for its genus. Males may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Females are somewhat larger, up to SVL.
Reproduction H. barbierii is oviparous.
References
Further reading 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. ("Hemidactylus barbierii Sindaco, Razzetti and Ziliani", new species, p. 39). (in English, with an abstract in Italian). Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Hemidactylus barbierii, p. 86).