Bavayia campestris BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022
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Bavayia campestris
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Bavayia campestris BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 22 |
| Distribution | New Caledonia Type locality: Forêt Nord, SW base of Kwa Néie, Plaine de Lacs region, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°19'28"S, 166°54'51"E. |
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| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2022.0045* (ex. AMS R. 150024), coll. R.A. Sadlier and A.H. Whitaker, 8 November 1996. Paratypes: AMS R.150026* R.150027-28, data as for holotype; CAS 265760 (ex. AMB 7297), CAS 265761* (ex. AMB 7298), CAS 265762-63 (ex. AMB 7300 01), Prony Bay, 22°19'35"S, 166°49'23"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 22 September 2002; AMS R.148069*, R.148072*, Forêt Nord, SW base of Kwa Néie, Plaine de Lacs region, Province Sud, New Caledonia, 22°19'28'S, 166°54'51"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier and G.M. Shea, 28 September 1995. Other specimens: (all localities in Province Sud) AMS R.172914*, Goro Plateau, Kwé Nord, 22°17'28.78"S, 166°59'09.91"E; AMS R.171344-45*, Kwé Nord, 22°17'35.16"S, 166°58'40.51"E; AMS R.148070*, R.148071, R.150025*, R.150029, R.164326, R.164327* R.166073-80, R.166161-63, UMMZ 219089-90, Forêt Nord, SW base of Kwa Néie, Plaine de Lacs region, 22°19'28"S, 166°54'51"E, CAS 265764 65*, CAS 266177, Prony Bay, 22°19'35"S, 166°49'23"E; AMS R. 164244-45, R.164287-89*. R.164314-18, Port Boisé, Gite Kanua, 22°20'59"S, 166°58'16"E; CAS 158386-88, Mt. Aiguillon (foot of N slope) [= Forêt Nord], 22°21'S, 166°50'E; AMS R.172589-92* Ko Mwa Nüri, Port Boisé, 22°21'45.39"S, 166°56'41.06"E; AMS R.164306-07*, R.164308-09, R.164310*, Cap N'Doua, 22°23'08"S, 166°55'44"E. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small member of the Bavayia sauvagii clade (maximum SVL 50.3 mm) characterized by its relatively short, depressed body and short tail (to 103% SVL); digits II-V relatively narrow; 8-12 (usually >10) relatively slender lamellae beneath digit IV of hindfoot; claw of digit I of manus and pes borne lateral to a single medial apical scansor. Single row of 20-27 precloacal pores; relatively low number of cloacal spur scales. Dorsal pattern typically with four symmetrical or asymmetrical, well demarcated, thin to moderately thick, dark, transverse markings between the limb insertions; head usually with distinct patterning; pale nape stripes often broken longitudinal-ly and fused transversely; flanks with whitish punctations or spots in multiple longitudinal rows. Tail usually with dark dorsal interspaces longer than or equal to pale dorsal caudal blotches. Among its own clade members B. campestris is distinguished by its smaller size (to 50.3 mm SVL) relative to B. sauvagii (maximum 60 mm SVL) and its larger size relative to B. loyaltiensis (maximum 45 mm SVL). It is further distinguished from the latter species by its smaller number of enlarged cloacal spur scales (usually 4 vs. up to 8) and by its lack of a distinctly differentiated precloacal pore row from the latter species). In having dark interspaces on tail dorsum usually as long or longer than pale caudal blotches it is distinct from both B. sauvagii and B. loyaltiensis. It is most similar to B. kunyie, which is similar in size and has similar pattern elements, although in comparison to this species it typically has bolder head markings and a larger number of white spots on the flanks and lateral surface of the head. (Bauer et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 20 (Fig. 7). Group: B. sauvagii group (sauvagii, campestris, kunyie, loyaltiensis) |
| Etymology | The specific epithet campestris is a Latin adjective formed in the nominative feminine singular meaning "of the plain or field" and refers to the distribution of this species in the Plaine des Lacs region of the southern Province Sud of New Caledonia. |
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