Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi explained

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.

Etymology

The specific name, lopezjuradoi, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Luis Felipe López-Jurado.^[1]

Description

Adult H. lopezjuradoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4cm (02inches).^[2]

Reproduction

H. lopezjuradoi is oviparous.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, p. 160).
2. 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. Arnold EN, Vasconcelos R, Harris DJ, Mateo JA, Carranza S.

   fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold

   . Zoologica Scripta. 37. 6. 2008. 619–636. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. 54963695. 2017-04-01. 2020-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924144631/http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/carranza/pdf/HemidactylusCapeVerde2008.pdf. dead. (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, new species, p. 626).