Eurydactylodes vieillardi

Eurydactylodes vieillardi
	adult male
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Diplodactylidae
Genus:	Eurydactylodes
Species:	E. vieillardi
Binomial name
	Eurydactylodes vieillardi; (Bavay, 1869)
Synonyms
	Platydactylus vieillardi; Bavay, 1869; Eurydactylus vieillardi; — Sauvage, 1879; Eurydactylodes vieillardi; — Wermuth, 1965;

Last updated October 02, 2025

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]

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 2 Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Eurydactylodes vieillardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T176172A123253576. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176172A123253576.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Species Eurydactylodes vieillardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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).

Bavay A (1869). "Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie15: 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 Tierreich80: 1–246. (Eurydactylodes vieillardi, new combination, p. 30). (in German).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Eurydactylodes vieillardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T176172A123253576. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176172A123253576.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 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).

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