Eurydactylodes vieillardi (BAVAY, 1869)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Bavay's Gecko |
Synonym | Platydactylus Vieillardi BAVAY 1869: 10 Eurydactylus Viellardi SAUVAGE 1879: 70 Eurydectylus vieillardi — BOULENGER 1883: 129 Eurydactylus vieillardi — BOULENGER 1885: 192 Eurydactylodes vieillardi — WERMUTH 1965: 30 Eurydactylodes vieillardi — KLUGE 1993 Eurydactylodes vieillardi — RÖSLER 2000: 78 Eurydactylodes vieillardi — BAUER et al. 2012 Eurydactylodes viellardi — SCH¨NECKER 2018 (in error) |
Distribution | C/E New Caledonia (Houagape) Type locality: Houagape, New Caledonia. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Neotype: ZFMK 46981 (designated by Bauer 1990) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Eurydactylodes is distinguished from all other New Caledonian diplodactylid gekkotans by the following combination of characters: body size small (to 60.3 mm SVL); neural spines of trunk vertebrae elongate, body laterally compressed, six or seven inscriptional ribs, dorsal body scalation consists of enlarged, smooth, flattened scales; dorsal head scales enlarged to greatly enlarged; a postlabial slit present, confluent or not with subauricular groove; endolymphatic sacs expanded extracranially; margins of jaws and limbs with folds of skin; subdigital lamellae undivided or with irregular divisions; claw of digit I of manus and pes lies between a pair of separate terminal subdigital scansors; precloacal pores in males in 3–5 rows sometimes extending onto base of thighs (50–68 pores in total); original tail (100–115% of SVL) with distal adhesive subcaudal lamellae and possessing caudal glands and a “tail-squirting” mechanism; tongue and mouth lining yellow to orange; dorsal color pattern grayish, cream, tan, or beige with darker transverse bands or markings; venter white. Diagnosis (species): To 60.3 mm SVl (cAS 231983). Scales of nape not raised and tubercular; enlarged head scales irregular, separated from one another by tiny granules; dorsal body scalation highly heterogeneous, postlabial and subauricular slit separated from one another by a scaled patch of skin. |
Comment | Type species: Platydactylus Vieillardi BAVAY 1869 is the type species of the genus Eurydactylodes WERMUTH 1965. Note that the original name Eurydactylus SAUVAGE 1879 is preoccupied by Eurydactylus Laferté-Sénectère, 1851 (Insecta: Coleoptera). See Bauer and Henle (1994); Bauer and Sadlier (2000), and Bauer et al. (2009) for additional details about this genus. Behavior: Tail squirting and its unique morphology and behaviour has evolved twice within Gekkota, occurring only within Strophurus and within New Caledonian Eurydactylodes; Böhme & Sering, 1997. |
Etymology | Named after the collector of the type, M. Vieillard, “médecin auxiliaire de la marine” |
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