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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, p. 160).
Description Adult H. lopezjuradoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . (Hemidactylus lopezjuradoi, new species, p. 626).
Reproduction H. lopezjuradoi is oviparous.
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