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Bavayia sauvagii

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Species of lizard

Bavayia sauvagii
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species: B. sauvagii
Binomial name
Bavayia sauvagii
(Boulenger, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Lepidodactylus sauvagii
    Boulenger, 1883
  • Bavayia sauvagei
    — 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.

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

B. sauvagii is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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 Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 06 September 2021.
  2. ^ 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).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (Bavayia sauvagii, p. 60). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Bavayia sauvagii


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