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Bavayia campestris

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Bavayia campestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species:
B. campestris
Binomial name
Bavayia campestris
Bauer, Sadlier, & Jackman, 2022

Bavayia campestris is a species of geckos endemic to New Caledonia.[1]

This species is endangered by habitat degradation and loss caused by wildfires and nickel mining, and is affected by cats, which may directly predate it, as well as the introduced electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), which may both directly exclude the lizard from its habitat and affect the invertebrate fauna which it predates.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bavayia campestris". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ 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): 26. ISSN 0068-547X. Wikidata Q116173124.