Wahlberg's velvet gecko (Homopholis walbergii) is a large gecko up to 21 cm (av. 14–18 cm) that occurs exclusively in southern Africa. It is endemic to Miombo and Mopane bushveld of Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It shelters under tree bark, rocks, empty bird nests, and other places in coastal bush and mesic and arid savannas. It is so called because the skin looks and feels like velvet. Its back varies from dark grey to soft grey-brown and may be crossed with paler chevrons or crossbars or have mottled paler areas nestled along the centre of its back and spine. The largest part of their range covers Zimbabwe.