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A new species of Hemidactylus gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) is described from Girnar in the Junagadh district of Gujarat, India. This medium-sized, chiefly rupicolous gecko may be distinguished from its south Asian congeners by having 12-16 rows of irregularly arranged, flattened to weakly conical dorsal tubercles, 7-9 subdigital lamellae on digit I of the pes and 10-11 on digit IV, and 12-14 femoral pores on each thigh separated by a median diastema. This is the second Hemidactylus currently regarded as endemic to Gujarat and the 10th member of the genus recorded for the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]