Bavayia pulchella , also known as the pretty bavayia, is a species of geckos endemic to Grande Terre in New Caledonia.[2]

Bavayia pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species:
B. pulchella
Binomial name
Bavayia pulchella

The species name, pulchella, is a diminutive of the Latin for "beautiful", and according to the species description "refers to both the small size of this species and the complex and attractive dorsal pattern exhibited by most specimens, including the holotype."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. 2021. Bavayia pulchella. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T29453A123247112. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29453/123247112. Downloaded on 06 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bavayia pulchella". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ 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): 349. hdl:10125/1589. ISSN 0030-8870. Wikidata Q116175755.