Eurydactylodes agricolae HENKEL & BÖHME, 2001
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Bauer's Chameleon Gecko |
Synonym | Eurydactylodes agricolae HENKEL & BÖHME 2001 Eurydactylodes agricolae — BAUER et al. 2012 Eurydactylodes agricolae — RÖSLER 2018: 41, 57 |
Distribution | NW New Caledonia
Type locality: ca. 20 km north of Koumac, NW New Caledonia.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZFMK 71022 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: To 60.0 mm SVl (cAS 231995). enlarged head scales irregular, separated from one another by tiny granules; nape without patch of raised tubercles; body scalation relatively homogeneous, without enlarged flattened scales; postorbital and subauricular slits continuous with one another. (Bauer et al. 2009)
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Comment | Has been confused with Eurydactylodes vieillardi.
Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
Etymology | Named after Aaron M. Bauer, latinized (“Bauer” [in German] = “farmer” [in English] = “agricola” [in Latin]). |
References |
- Bauer A. M.; Jackman T.; Sadlier R. A. & Whitaker A. H. 2009. Review and phylogeny of the New Caledonian diplodactylid gekkotan genus Eurydactylodes Wermuth, 1965, with the description of a new species, in Grandcolas P. (ed.), Zoologia neocaledonica 7. biodiversity studies in new caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 198: 13-36
- BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here
- Frank, S. 2020. Erfahrung in der Terrarienhaltung und Nachzucht des Westlichen Chamäleongeckos (Eurydactylodes occidentalis) mit Anmerkungen zu allen Vertretern der gattung Eurydactylodes. Elaphe 2020 (5): 66-73
- Henkel,F.W. & Böhme,W. 2001. A new carphodactyline gecko of the New Caledonian genus Eurydactylodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 37 (3): 149-156 - get paper here
- Kunz, Kriton 2012. Ein Landwirt-Gecko? Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (2): 12 - get paper here
- Langner, Christian & Patrick Schönecker 2018. Pacific Lost World – die weniger bekannte, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (1): 14-26 [2017] - get paper here
- Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
- RÖSLER, H. 2019. Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur extrakorporalen Entwicklung weich- und hartschaliger Eier von Geckos (Squamata: Gekkota): 3. Eurydactylodes agricolae Henkel & Böhme, 2001 (Diplodactylidae). Sauria 41 (3): 3-8 - get paper here
- Schönecker, P. 2015. Rhacodactylus – Vielfältige Riesen aus Neukaledonien. Reptilia (Münster) 20 (113): 14-23 - get paper here
- SCHÖNECKER, Patrick & Christian LANGNER 2012. Neue Namen und alte Bekannte – Gattungsrevision der Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos (Rhacodactylus) und weiterer Geckogattungen Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (6): 58-65 - get paper here
- Schröder, E. & Röll, B. 2002. Eurydactylodes agricolae HENKEL & BÖHME. Sauria (Suppl.) 24 (3): 551-554 - get paper here
- Uetz, P.; Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. 2023. Towards digital descriptions of all extant reptile species. Megataxa 010 (1): 027–042 - get paper here
- Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
- Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J. 2002. Gecko Hunting in New Caledonia. Gekko 3 (2): 2-8
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