[4] The spelling walbergii was corrected to wahlbergii by Smith (1849) in an errata within an addenda slip (unpaginated).

H. wahlbergii is endemic to Miombo and Mopane bushveld of Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

[citation needed] H. wahlbergii shelters under tree bark, rocks, empty bird nests, and other places in coastal bush and mesic and arid savannas.

[citation needed] It is frequently found in baobab trees and in the roofs and walls of traditional mud-huts and other human dwellings.

[6] The female lays pairs of large, hard-shelled eggs that start soft and adhesive.