Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi ARNOLD, VASCONCELOS, HARRIS, MATEO & CARRANZA, 2008

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi ARNOLD, VASCONCELOS, HARRIS, MATEO & CARRANZA 2008 Hemidactylus Cessaci BOCAGE (fide PARRINHA et al 2025) Hemidactylus cf. lopezjuradoi — PARRINHA et al 2025
Distribution	Cape Verde Islands (Fogo) Type locality: northern Fogo island between Ribeira Ilhéu & Atalaia, S Cape Verde Islands
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 2005.1632, adult male; paratypes: BMNH Tyep: BMNH 1875.4.26.10 [Cessaci]
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Luis Felipe López-Jurado.
References	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. Zoologica Scripta 37 (6): 619-636 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here Parrinha, D., Calado, F. M., Marques, M. P., Bauer, A. M., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2025. Echoes of a lost museum: Revision of the herpetological collections sent by Barbosa du Bocage from the Lisbon Museum to the British Museum of Natural History. Vertebrate Zoology, 75, 353-404 - get paper here Rösler, Herbert 2015. Bemerkungen über einige Geckos der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. Gekkota, Suppl. (2): 3-54
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/zsc/2008/00000037/00000006… Google images

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