Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi

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Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. lopezjuradoi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi

Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.

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Geographic range

In the Cape Verde Islands H. lopezjuradoi has only been found on the island of Fogo. [1] [2]

Etymology

The specific name, lopezjuradoi, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Luis Felipe López-Jurado. [2] [3]

Description

Adult H. lopezjuradoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4 cm (1.6 in). [4]

Reproduction

H. lopezjuradoi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T203843A18484737. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203843A18484737.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 March 2017.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, p. 160).
  4. Arnold EN [in French], Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Mateo JA, Carranza S (2008). "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta . 37 (6): 619–636. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. S2CID   54963695. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2017-04-01. (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, new species, p. 626).