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Bavayia menazi BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia menazi BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 79 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: 0.6 km SW Mé Mwa, 21°26'40.88"S, 165°44'36.368"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0052* (ex. AMS R.167820*), coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 12 May 2007. Paratypes: AMS R.167815, R.167816-17*, R.167818, same data as holotype; AMS R. 167170* Ménazi Massif, Mt. Ménazi, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 21°26'46"S, 165°41'53.16"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and G.M. Shea, 25 January 2006; AMS R.167144, Ménazi Massif, Mt. Ménazi, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 21°26'32"S, 165°42'03"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and G.M. Shea, 25 January 2006; AMS R. 167491, Bwa Méyu, km NW Bwa Méyu, 21°29'00.54"S, 165°51'49.38"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 6 May 2007; AMS R.172519, Chetorè Kwèdè, Haut Nakéty, 8 km E Nakéty, 21°33'13.13"S, 166°06'31.47"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 26 June 2009. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 79 
CommentGroup: B. exsuccida clade (including exsuccida, nehoueensis, astrongatti, endemia, menazi)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 63 (Fig. 22). 
EtymologyNamed for the Ménazi Massif (Gwâ Ruviand), from which most specimens have been obtained. The name is formed as a proper noun in apposition. 
References
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Ross A. Sadlier , Todd R. Jackman 2022. A Revision of the Genus Bavayia Roux, 1913 (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), a Non-adaptive Radiation of Microendemic Species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 67 (Suppl. I): 1-236
 
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