Bavayia sauvagii
| Bavayia sauvagii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Bavayia |
| Species: | B. sauvagii
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| Binomial name | |
| Bavayia sauvagii (Boulenger, 1883)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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 (2,950 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T176191A123256289. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176191A123256289.en. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Bavayia sauvagii at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
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).