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Bavayia astrongatti BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN, 2022

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBavayia astrongatti BAUER, SADLIER & JACKMAN 2022: 69 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Massif d'Ouazangou-Taom (alt. 870 m), Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°46'40"S, 164°34'38"E  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA-2022.0059 (ex. AMB 7810), coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 23 January 2003. Paratypes: CAS 265774 (ex. AMB 7809), data as for holotype; AMS R.161167-68, Massif d'Ouazangou-Taom, Mt. Taom, Gomen Mine, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°46'36'S, 164°33'45"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 12 and 11 June 2002, respectively; AMS R.153717, 5.8 km N Ouaco (RPN1), Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°46'51"S, 164°27'26"E, coll. R.A. Sadlier, M. Christy and M. Thurlow, 5 December 1998; CAS 265770-73 (ex. AMB 7674-75, 7677-78), Siba, near communications tower, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°48'16"S, 164°28'23"E, coll. A.M. Bauer and R.A. Sadlier, 18 January 2003; AMS R. 161274* Siba (peak), Tinip, 30 km NW Voh, Province Nord, New Caledonia, 20°48'23"S, 164°28'10"E, coll. A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker, 22 October, 2001. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Bauer et al. 2022: 69 
CommentGroup: B. exsuccida clade (including exsuccida, nehoueensis, astrongatti, endemia, menazi)

Distribution: see map in Bauer et al. 2022: 63 (Fig. 22). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is a patronym honoring our friend and colleague Stéphane Astrongatt (born 1973), an accomplished naturalist specializing in the lizard fauna 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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