Eurydactylodes occidentalis

Eurydactylodes occidentalis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Eurydactylodes
Species:	E. occidentalis
Binomial name
Eurydactylodes occidentalis Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & A. Whitaker, 2009

Eurydactylodes occidentalis, the western chameleon gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Grande Terre in New Caledonia. ^[2]

Etymology

The word occidentalis, meaning "western", refers to the apparent restriction of the species along the west coast of South Province on Grande Terre.

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

1. 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.
2. "Eurydactylodes occidentalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

Further reading

• 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 naturelle198: 13–36. (Eurydactylodes occidentalis, new species).
• Langner C, Schönecker P (2018). "Pacific Lost World – die weniger bekkante, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens ". Terraria-Elaphe (69): 14–26. (in German).