Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi

Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Hemidactylus
Species:	H. lopezjuradoi
Binomial name
Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Arnold, Vasconcelos, Harris, Mateo, Carranza, 2008

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

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]

References

1. 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. 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, E.N.; Vasconcelos, R.; Harris, D.J.; Mateo, J.A.; 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).