| Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. lopezjuradoi
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| 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.
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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 March 2017.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
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| Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Hemidactylus |
| Species: | H. lopezjuradoi
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| 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.
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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 March 2017.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
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