A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEKKO LIZARDS OF SOUTHERN VIETNAM WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (REPTILIA, GEKKONIDAE). SZCZERBAK N. N., NEKRASOVA O. D.—VESTN. ZOOL., 1994, N 1.—8 Gekko lizard species have been found in vicinities of Hosimin (Saigon) and adjoining provinces. Short diagnoses and localities are given. One of them is described as a new: Gekko badenii sp.n.; from closely related G. petricolus is differs by the pattern and pholidosis characteristics. Type material is deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (Kiev).