Bavayia exsuccida
Bavayia exsuccida, also known as the sclerophyll bavayia, is a species of geckos endemic to North Province, New Caledonia.[2] As of 2022, it is known from only one locality, with an extent of occurrence of 8 sq km.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Bavayia |
| Species: | B. exsuccida |
| Binomial name | |
| Bavayia exsuccida | |
The species name exsuccida derives from the Latin exsuccus, meaning "without juice" or "without sap", and refers the sclerophyll vegetation of the dry forests in which this species is found.[4]
References
- Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A.. 2021. Bavayia exsuccida. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T29452A123246845. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29452/123246845. Downloaded on 06 September 2021.
- "Bavayia exsuccida". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- Aaron M. Bauer; Ross A. Sadlier; Todd R. Jackman (15 November 2022). "A revision of the genus Bavayia Roux, 1913 (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), a non-adaptive radiation of microendemic species" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. 67 (Supplement I): 61-63. ISSN 0068-547X. Wikidata Q116173124.
- Aaron M Bauer; Anthony Whitaker; Ross Allen Sadlier (1998). "Two New Species of the Genus Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific" (PDF). Pacific Science. 52 (4): 343. hdl:10125/1589. ISSN 0030-8870. Wikidata Q116175755.
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