Bavayia sauvagii

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.

Bavayia sauvagii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

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. Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2011). "Bavayia sauvagii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176191A7194937. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176191A7194937.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2017.
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).