| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Bavayia cyclura crassicollis ROUX 1913: 89
Bavayia cyclura — WERMUTH 1965
Bavayia crassicollis — SADLIER 1989
Bavayia crassicollis — KLUGE 1993: 4
Bavayia crassicollis — BAUER et al. 2012
Bavayia crassicollis — BAUER et al. 2022: 177 |
| Distribution | New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
Type locality: Loyalty Islands (Maré, Lifou, Ouvéa)
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: NMBA 6931, designation by Kramer (1979). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 178 |
| Comment | Abundance: Common where it is found.
Similar species: Superficially very similar to the widespread species B. cyclura.
Group: B. crassicollis clade (including crassicollis, tanleensis, rhizophora, occidentalis, insularis)
Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 180 (Fig. 62). |
| Etymology | Apparently named after its thick neck (Latin crassus, -a = thick, dense, and Latin “collum” = neck). |
| References |
- Bauer, A. M. & SADLIER, R. A. 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology, 17; Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York.
- Bauer, A.M. & Sadlier,R.A. 1993. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia. Biodiv. Lett. 1: 107-122 - get paper here
- BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here
- Bauer, Aaron M.;Sadlier, Roass A. 1994. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Ile des Pins, New Caledonia. Pacific Science 48 (4): 353-366
- Daza, Juan D.; Aaron M. Bauer, Christophe Sand, Ian Lilley, Thomas A. Wake, and Frédérique Valentin 2015. Reptile Remains from Tiga (Tokanod), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Pacific Science Oct 2015, Vol. 69, No. 4: 531-557. - get paper here
- Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here
- Roux,J. 1913. Les reptiles de de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. In: Nova Caledonia, Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Iles Loyalty. Zoologie. (vol. 1, L. 2). Sarasin, F. & Roux,J. (eds.). C.W. Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 79-160 - get paper here
- Sadlier R A. Bauer A M. 1997. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Science 51 (1): 76-90.
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