Eurydactylodes vieillardi

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
adult male
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

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. Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2011). "Eurydactylodes vieillardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176172A7191907. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176172A7191907.en. Downloaded on 25 November 2017.
2. 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).