Bauer's chameleon gecko

Bauer's chameleon gecko
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Eurydactylodes
Species:	E. agricolae
Binomial name
	Eurydactylodes agricolae; & Böhme, 2001

Bauer's chameleon gecko (Eurydactylodes agricolae) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylinae. The species is endemic to Grande Terre in New Caledonia.^[1]^[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, agricolae, is in honor of American herpetologist Aaron Matthew Bauer. The German noun, Bauer, means "farmer" in English, which becomes agricola (genitive singular, agricolae) when translated into Latin.^[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of E. agricolae are forest and shrubland, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).^[1]

Description[]

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

Reproduction[]

E. agricolae is oviparous.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Eurydactylodes agricolae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176165A123252637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176165A123252637.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eurydactylodes agricolae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eurydactylodes agricolae, p. 19).