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Bavayia periclitata BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia periclitata BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 166 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Mt. Kaala, East side Piton de Pandop, 9 km SE Koumac, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°35'16'S, 164°22'05"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0046 (ex. AMS R. 161102), coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 3 June 2002. Paratypes: AMS R.161103* R.161105, CAS 265753 (ex. AMS R.161104), data as for holotype; AMS R. 153557*, Koumac Caves (~ 9 km E Koumac), Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°32'07"S, 164°20'22"E, coll. R. Sadlier, 24 November 1998; AMS R.161109*, Piton de Pandop, northeast of Piton de Pandop, headwaters of Vallée Frère, Province Nord, 20°35'04"S, 164°22'01"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 3 June 2002. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 167 
CommentGroup: B. borealis clade (including borealis, cocoensis, boulinda, ultramaficola, periclitata, whitakeri)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 152 (Fig. 54). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet periclitata is the feminine singular nominative Latin participle meaning endangered. The name was selected by Gemma Farquhar, who won a contest to name a species of Bavayia. It is appropriate for this species, which has a particularly restricted range. 
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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