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Bavayia kunyie BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia kunyie BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 026 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Mt. Gouemba, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°10'00.12"S, 166°56'26.88"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0055* (ex. AMB 7293), coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 22 September 2002. Paratypes: CAS 158329, Goro, Gite Wadiana, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°17'14.24"S, 167°00'53.27"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and L.A. Wishmeyer, 21 May 1985; CAS 158332, same locality and collectors as holotype, 15 June 1985; CAS 162230, same locality and collectors as holotype, 18 December 1986; CAS 182148, CAS 182151, Isle of Pines, Gite Kodjeue on Waa Mé Bay, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°35'19"S, 167°25'39"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 29 February, 1992; CAS 182175, CAS 182172, same locality and collectors as previous, 1 March 1992; YPM HERR.022291 (ex. YPM F2460), Îlot Noutiê, off of St. Gabriel, SE of Yaté, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°12'29.92"S, 166°59'38.65"E, coll. J. Kolby, 22 January 2003. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 28 
CommentDistribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 20 (Fig. 7).

Group: B. sauvagii group (sauvagii, campestris, kunyie, loyaltiensis) 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is derived from Kunyié, the name given to the Île des Pins in the indigenous Numèè or Kwényii language used by the Kanak people of the island and extreme south of the Grande Terre. 
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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