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Bavayia insularis BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia insularis BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 193 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Maa Bwén, Île Baaba, 18 km N Poum, Province Nord, 20°04'58.2"S, 163°59'05.2"E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0036 (ex. AMH 52753), coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 5 October 2001. Paratypes: AMS R.188640-41 (ex. AMH 52761-62), R.188647* (ex. AMH 52769), 2 km NW Yéya, Île Baaba, 18 km N Poum, Province Nord, 20°04'22.5"S, 163°59'17.5"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 5 October 2001; AMS R.188642-43 (ex. AMH 52763-64), R.188649* (ex. AMH 52771), 3 km NW Yéya, Île Baaba, 18 km N Poum, Province Nord, 20°04'26.1"S, 163°59'06.7"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 5 October 2001; AMS R.167250, R.167251*, Pucet Manaat, Ile Baaba, Province Nord, 20°04'21.82"S, 163°57'13.63"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 25 June 2006. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 194 
CommentGroup: B. crassicollis clade (including crassicollis, tanleensis, rhizophora, occidentalis, insularis)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 180 (Fig. 62). 
EtymologyThe epithet insularis, meaning insular in Latin, is an adjective formed in the feminine singular nominative and refers to the distribution of this species on the northern islands of New Caledonia. 
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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