Bavayia cyclura

Bavayia cyclura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species: Bavayia cyclura

Name

Bavayia cyclura (Günther, 1872)

• Lectotype: BMNH 71.4.16.30B, collected J. Brenchley.
• Type locality: “New Caledonia”.

Combinations

• Peripia cyclura Günther, 1872: 422 [original combination]
• Lepidodactylus cyclurus — Boulenger, 1883: 121 [subsequent combination]
• Bavayia cyclura — Roux in Sarasin & Roux, 1913 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Platydactylus pacificus Bavay, 1869
• Lepidodactylus neocaledonicus Bocage, 1873
• Hemidactylus (Peripia) Bavayi Sauvage, 1878
• Gecko (Lepidodactylus) neo-caledonicus Schmelz, 1877
• Gecko neocaledonicus Müller, 1880

References

Primary references

• Günther, a. 1872. On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 10 (60): 418–426.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bavayia cyclura. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 July 2023.
• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. 2021. IUCN: Bavayia cyclura  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176197A123257081. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176197A123257081.en. Accessed on 01 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Gunther's New Caledonian Gecko