Biology:Bavayia crassicollis

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Short description: Species of lizard

Bavayia crassicollis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Bavayia
Species:
B. crassicollis
Binomial name
Bavayia crassicollis
Roux, 1913

Bavayia crassicollis, also known as the strand bavayia is a gecko endemic to the Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia.[2]

The habitat and range of this species are thought to have been reduced by clearance of land for human habitation and agricultural use, which poses an ongoing threat. Introduced species are thought to have decreased its population through predation, and the introduced electric ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) may both directly exclude the lizard from its habitat and affect the invertebrate fauna which it predates.[3]

References

  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 crassicollis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176151A123251006. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176151/123251006. Downloaded on 06 September 2021.
  2. "Bavayia crassicollis". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Bavayia&species=crassicollis&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Bavayia+crassicollis%27%29%29. Retrieved 2017-11-11. 
  3. , p. 177-180 , Wikidata Q116173124

Wikidata ☰ Q2892087 entry