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Bavayia kopeto BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia kopeto BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 125 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Massif de Kopéto, spillway access road, 21°10'15"S, 165°01'28"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0057 (ex. AMB 7738), coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 21 January 2003. Paratypes: AMS R.188654 (ex. AMB 7759), AMS R.188655 (ex. AMB 7768), R.188656 (ex. AMB 7770), CAS 265791-92 (ex. AMB 7761-62), 265791-92 (ex. AMB 7761-62), 265793 (ex. AMB 7772), data as for holotype; CAS 265789* (ex. AMB 7737), Massif de Kopéto, spillway access road 21°10'15"S, 165°01'28"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 23 January 2003; AMS R.188658* (ex. AMB 7749), CAS 265790 (ex. AMB 7751) Massif de Kopéto, spillway access road, 21°10'12"S, 165°01'39"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 21 January 2003. AMS R.167200-201, Massif de Kopéto, Papainda, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 21°10'35.2"S, 165°01'04"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.H. Whitaker, 26 February 2006. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 125 
CommentGroup: B. montana clade (including montana, kanaky, mandjeliensis, kopeto, koniambo, jourdani, renevierorum)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 116 (Fig. 44). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a toponym formed as a proper noun in apposition, signifying the only known area of occurrence of this species. 
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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