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Bavayia caillou BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia caillou BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 40 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: La Foa road, 5.4 km from Kouaoua/Canala Road intersection, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 21°33'56"S, 165°49'51"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0040* (ex. AMS R.144155), coll. R.A. Sadlier, 18 August 1994. Paratypes: CAS 265721-22 (ex. AMS R.144156-57, AMS R.144158, R. 144160-61, data as for holotype; AMS R.135071, La Foa road, 8.3 km from Kouaoua/Canala Road intersection, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 21°33'56"S, 165°49'51"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and A.M. Bauer, 6 March 1990; AMS R. 135056, CAS 265719* (ex. AMS R. 135057), CAS 265720 (ex. AMS R. 135059), vicinity Col d'Amieu, 7.9 km (by air) NW Sarraméa, Canala road, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 21°37'00"S, 165°48'46"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and A.M. Bauer, 3 March 1990; CAS 265718* (ex. AMS R.147858), Plateau de Dogny (track below plateau to Sarraméa), 21°37'S, 165°52'E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and G. Shea, 16 September 1995. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 40 
CommentGroup: B. centralis clade (including centralis, caillou, ashleyi)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 39 (Fig. 14). 
EtymologyThe epithet caillou is a masculine noun in French meaning pebble or small stone. New Caledonia is locally often referred to as le Grand Caillou. With this colloquial term we honor our many friends and colleagues who are lucky enough to live in l'île la plus proche du paradis. 
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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