Eurydactylodes

For the Australian species called chameleon gecko, see Carphodactylus.

Eurydactylodes
Eurydactylodes vieillardi (adult male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Eurydactylodes
Wermuth, 1965[1]
Species

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Eurydactylodes is a small genus of geckos commonly referred to as chameleon geckos[2] from the subfamily Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia and few adjacent islands.[3] Within the Diplodactylidae, Eurydactylodes resides in the Carphodactylini tribe,[3] and consists of four species. All species share similar morphology as well as lifestyle and habits.[2] The first of the Eurydactylodes species to be classified, E. vieillardi, was discovered in 1869.[3]

  1. ^ "Eurydactylodes ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ a b 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". Memoires Du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Zoologia Neocaledonica 6.
  3. ^ a b c AG Kluge (1967). "Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology, 15(5), 1007–1108. doi:10.1071/ZO9671007