Eurydactylodes

Eurydactylodes is a small genus of geckos, sometimes called chameleon geckos, which are found on the main island of New Caledonia.[2]

For the Australian species called chameleon gecko, see Carphodactylus

Eurydactylodes
Eurydactylodes vieillardi (adult male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Eurydactylodes Wermuth, 1965[1]

Behavior

Geckos in the genus Eurydactylodes are arboreal and predominantly shrub-dwellers which do not retire to hiding-places even at daytime.

Habitat

Eurydactylodes geckos inhabit moist rainforests and similar gallery forests lining the rivers.

Reproduction

Eurydactylodes females usually lay two soft-shelled eggs which are buried in moist substrates.

Species

There are four species of Eurydactylodes:[2]

• Eurydactylodes agricolae Henkel & Böhme, 2001 – Bauer's chameleon gecko
• Eurydactylodes occidentalis Bauer et al., 2009
• Eurydactylodes symmetricus (Andersson, 1908) – symmetrical gecko
• Eurydactylodes vieillardi (Bavay, 1869) – Vieillard's chameleon gecko, Bavay's gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eurydactylodes.

References

1. "Eurydactylodes ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. Eurydactylodes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2013.

Further reading

• Andersson LG (1908). "Two new Lizards (Eurydactylus and Lygosoma) from New Caledonia". Arkiv för Zoologi, Utgifvet af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien i Stockholm 4 (14): 1–5. (Eurydactylus symmetricus, new species, pp. 1–4, Figures 1a–1d).
• Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Sadlier RA, Whitaker AH (2009). "Review and phylogeny of the New Caledonian diplodactylid gekkotan genus Eurydactylodes Wermuth, 1965, with the description of a new species". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 198: 13–36. (Eurydactylodes occidentalis, new species).
• 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).
• Böhme W, Serig M (1997). "Tail squirting in Eurydactylodes: Independent evolution of caudal defensive glands in a diplodactyline gecko (Reptilia, Gekkoninae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 235: 225–229.
• Henkel FW, Böhme W (2001). "A new carphodactyline gecko of the New Caledonian genus Eurydactylodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Salamandra 37 (3): 149–156. (Eurydactylodes agricolae, new species).
• Wermuth H (1965). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae ". Das Tierreich 80: i-xxii + 1–246. (Eurydactylodes, new genus, p. 30). (in German).