Biology:Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi
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Short description: Species of lizard
| 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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| Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi Arnold, Vasconcelos, Harris, Mateo, Carranza, 2008
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203843A18484737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203843A18484737.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203843/18484737. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
- ↑ "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". Zoologica Scripta 37 (6): 619–636. 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x. http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/carranza/pdf/HemidactylusCapeVerde2008.pdf. Retrieved 2017-04-01. (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, new species, p. 626).
Wikidata ☰ Q3130097 entry
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