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Bavayia goroensis BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER, SHEA & WHITAKER, 2008

IUCN Red List - Bavayia goroensis - Endangered, EN

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia goroensis BAUER, JACKMAN, SADLIER, SHEA & WHITAKER 2008
Bavayia goroensis — BAUER et al. 2012
Bavayia goroensis — BAUER et al. 2022: 109 
DistributionSE New Caledonia (Plaine des Lacs region of the Province Sud)

Type locality: Plaine des Lacs, route de la Wajana, 22° 16’ 26’’ S, 166° 57’ 43’’ E.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2004.0027 (by original designation) (formerly AMS R166017), collected by R. Sadlier and G. Shea, 11 December 2003. Paratypes: AMS and CAS 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 109 
CommentBavayia goroensis is the smallest member of the Bavayia cyclura clade (49 mm snout-vent length) and, based on a molecular phylogeny, is basal within this group. It differs from other members of this group in its much smaller size, more gracile body, and lower number of precloacal pores and subdigital lamellae.

Group: B. goroensis clade (including goroensis, nubila)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 111 (Fig. 42). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet goroensis refers to the Goro nickel mine site in the southeastern Grande Terre of New Caledonia, the area from which the type specimens were collected. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Todd R. Jackman, Ross A. Sadlier, Glenn Shea, and Anthony H. Whitaker 2008. A New Small-Bodied Species of Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from Southeastern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 62 (2): 247-256 - get paper here
  • BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here
 
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