The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.

[1] The preferred natural habitat of B. barbouri is forest.

[2] The holotype of B. barbouri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).

The back leg is either a small tubercle or is absent.

This lizard from family Gymnophthalmidae article is a stub.