Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi

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

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

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 (2012). "Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-05.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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 EN, 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. (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, new species, p. 626).