Eurydactylodes

Eurydactylodes
Eurydactylodes vieillardi (adult male)
Systematics
without rank: Sauropsida Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria) Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata) without rank: Geckos (gekkota) Family : Double- fingered geckos (Diplodactylidae) Genre : Eurydactylodes
Scientific name
Eurydactylodes
Vermouth , 1965

Eurydactylodes is a genus from the family of the double- fingered geckos (Diplodactylidae). All species of this genus are endemic to the island of New Caledonia .

The animals of the genus Eurydactylodes are nocturnal. A peculiarity of this genus is a sticky, foul-smelling secretion that is secreted by paired glands on the tail. The tail serves these geckos as a grasping organ and an aid for their arboricole way of life.

species

The genus Eurydactylodes currently includes four species.

• Eurydactylodes agricolae Henkel & Böhme , 2001
• Eurydactylodes occidentalis Bauer , Jackmann , Sadlier & Whitaker , 2009
• Eurydactylodes symmetricus ( Andersson , 1908)
• Eurydactylodes vieillardi ( Bavay , 1869)

literature

• Erwin Schroeder, Beate Roell: Eurydactylodes agricolae henkel & boehme. In: Sauria. (Suppl.) Vol. 24, No. 3, 2002, pp. 551-554.

Web links

Commons : Eurydactylodes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eurydactylodes in The Reptile Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurydactylodes in The Reptile Database ; accessed on November 22, 2017.