''Bavayia sauvagii'', also known commonly as Sauvage's bavayia and Sauvage's New Caledonian gecko, is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to

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Etymology

The

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, ''sauvagii'', is in honor of

Henri Émile Sauvage Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was a leading expert on Mesozoic fish and reptiles.Grande Terre Grande means "large" or "great" in many of the Romance languages. It may also refer to: Places *Grande, Germany, a municipality in Germany *Grande Communications, a telecommunications firm based in Texas *Grande-Rivière (disambiguation) *Arroio ...

, Île des Pins, and Maré Island including their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of ''B. sauvagii'' are forest and

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, at an altitude of .

Reproduction

''B. sauvagii'' is

oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

Etymology

Habitat

Reproduction

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