Mniarogekko chahoua

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Mniarogekko chahoua (Bavay, 1869)

Holotype: EMNB [lost fide Bauer (1985: 82)]
Neotype: CAS 156692, adult ♂, collected by A.M. Bauer on 6 April 1984. [designated by Bauer (1985: 83)]
Type locality: “Kanala, Lifou”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Vallee d'Amoa, near St. Therese, approx. 15 km NW of Poindimie, New Caledonia” by Bauer (1985: 83).

Platydactylus chahoua Bavay, 1869: 3 [original combination]
Rhacodactylus chahoua — Boulenger, 1883: 125 [subsequent combination]
Mniarogekko chahoua — Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2012: 17 [subsequent combination]

Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mniarogekko chahoua. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 March 2020.
Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2018. IUCN: Mniarogekko chahoua (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176181A123709663. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176181A123709663.en

English: Bavay's Giant Gecko