Bavayia sauvagii

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species: Bavayia sauvagii
Name

Bavayia sauvagii Boulenger, 1883

Type locality: New Caledonia.
Synonyms

Hemidactylus cyclura Sauvage, 1879 (part.)
Lepidodactylus sauvagii Boulenger, 1883

References

Boulenger, 1883. On the geckos of New Calendonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 116—130.
Bavayia sauvagii at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names
English: Sauvage's New Caledonian Gecko

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

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.
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).