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]
| Eurydactylodes vieillardi | |
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| adult male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Eurydactylodes |
| Species: | E. vieillardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurydactylodes vieillardi (Bavay, 1869)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, vieillardi, is in honor of French botanist Eugène Vieillard.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of E. vieillardi are forest and shrubland, up to an altitude of 950 m (3,120 ft).[1]
Description
editE. vieillardi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in).[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Eurydactylodes vieillardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176172A123253576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176172A123253576.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Eurydactylodes vieillardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
edit- 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).