Bavayia sauvagii

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Bavayia sauvagii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species:
B. sauvagii
Binomial name
Bavayia sauvagii
(Boulenger, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepidodactylus sauvagii
    Boulenger, 1883
  • Bavayia sauvagei [sic]
    — Roux, 1913
  • Bavayia sauvagii
    — Sadlier, 1989

Bavayia sauvagii, also known commonly as Sauvage's bavayia and Sauvage's New Caledonian gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Etymology[]

The specific name, sauvagii, is in honor of Henri Émile Sauvage, who was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.[3]

Geographic range[]

B. sauvagii is found on Grande Terre, Île des Pins, and Maré Island including their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of B. sauvagii are forest and shrubland, at an altitude of 900 m (3,000 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

B. sauvagii is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. (2021). "Bavayia sauvagii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176191A123256289. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176191/123256289. Downloaded on 06 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Species Bavayia sauvagii at The Reptile Database
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bavayia sauvagii, p. 233).

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1883). "On the Geckos of New Caledonia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 116-130 + Plates XXI-XXII. (Lepidodactylus sauvagii, new species, p. 122 + Plate XXII, figures 5, 5a).
  • (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Bavayia sauvagii, p. 60). (in German).


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