Biology:Eurydactylodes vieillardi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Eurydactylodes vieillardi
Eurydactylodes vieillardi.JPG
adult male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Eurydactylodes
Species:
E. vieillardi
Binomial name
Eurydactylodes vieillardi
(Bavay, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platydactylus vieillardi
    Bavay, 1869
  • Eurydactylus vieillardi
    — Sauvage, 1879
  • Eurydactylodes vieillardi
    — Wermuth, 1965

Eurydactylodes vieillardi, sometimes known commonly as Bavay's gecko or Vieillard's chameleon gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grande Terre in New Caledonia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, vieillardi, is in honor of French botanist Eugène Vieillard.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. vieillardi are forest and shrubland, up to an altitude of 950 m (3,120 ft).[1]

Description

E. vieillardi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in).[2]

Reproduction

E. vieillardi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S. et al. (2021). "Eurydactylodes vieillardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176172A123253576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176172A123253576.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176172/123253576. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Species Eurydactylodes vieillardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eurydactylodes vieillardi, p. 275).

Further reading

  • Bavay A (1869). "Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. (Platydactylus vieillardi, new species, p. 10). (in French).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Eurydactylus vieillardi, pp. 192–193).
  • Sauvage HE (1879). "Note sur les Geckotiens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Septième Série [Seventh Series] 3: 63–73. (Eurydactylus vieillardi, new combination, pp. 70–71). (in French).
  • Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae". Das Tierreich 80: 1–246. (Eurydactylodes vieillardi, new combination, p. 30). (in German).

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