Eurydactylodes occidentalis
Eurydactylodes occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diplodactylidae |
Genus: | Eurydactylodes |
Species: | E. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Eurydactylodes occidentalis |
Eurydactylodes occidentalis is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grande Terre in New Caledonia.[2]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of E. occidentalis is forest, at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft).[1]
Description[]
E. occidentalis is the smallest species in its genus. Its maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is only 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[2]
Reproduction[]
E. occidentalis is oviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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 occidentalis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176204A123258219. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176204/123258219. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Eurydactylodes occidentalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
Further reading[]
- Bauer AM, , 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).
- , (2018). "Pacific Lost World – die weniger bekkante, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens ". Terraria-Elaphe (69): 14–26. (in German).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Eurydactylodes
- Reptiles of New Caledonia
- Reptiles described in 2009
- Taxa named by Aaron M. Bauer
- Taxa named by Todd R. Jackman
- Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier
- Taxa named by Anthony Whitaker
- Diplodactylidae stubs