Lepidodactylus buleli is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Espiritu Santo, an island in the Vanuatu Archipelago.
Discovery Researchers from France's National Museum of Natural History, recovered nine eggs during an expedition to the region in 2006. One of the eggs yielded a live hatchling which was determined to be of a previously unknown species.
Etymology The specific name, buleli, refers to a "personal and private story" of the binomial authority.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lepidodactylus buleli, p. 42).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. buleli is forest, at altitudes above .
Reproduction L. buleli is oviparous.
References
Further reading Ineich, Ivan (2008). "A new arboreal Lepidodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: from egg to holotype". Zootaxa 1918: 26–38. (Lepidodactylus buleli, new species).