Species of lizard
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
- ^ 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 Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 06 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. 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).
