''Eurydactylodes symmetricus'', sometimes known
commonly as the symmetrical gecko or the large-scaled chameleon gecko, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
lizard in the
family Diplodactylidae. The species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Grande Terre in
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...
s of ''E. symmetricus'' are
forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...
and
shrubland, at altitudes of .
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Description
''E. symmetricus'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .[
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Reproduction
''E. symmetricus'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
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References
Further reading
* Andersson LG (1908). "Two new Lizards (''Eurydactylus'' and ''Lygosoma'') from New Caledonia". ''Arkiv för Zoologi, Utgifvet af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien i Stockholm'' 4: 1–5. (''Eurydactylus symmetricus'', new species, pp. 1–4, Figures 1a–1d).
* Langner C, Schönecker P (2018). "Pacific Lost World – ''die weniger bekannte, gefährdete Geckofauna Neukaledoniens'' ". ''Terraria-Elaphe'' (69): 14–26. (in German).
* Rösler H (1995). ''Geckos der Welt – Alle Gattungen''. Leipzig: Urania. 246 pp. (''Eurydactylodes symmetricus'', p. 70). (in German).
Eurydactylodes
Reptiles described in 1908
Taxa named by Lars Gabriel Andersson
Geckos of New Caledonia
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