Paniegekko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{speciesbox

| name = Paniegekko madjo

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Paniegekko

| parent_authority = Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier, A. Whitaker, 2012

| species = madjo

| authority = (Bauer, Jones, & Sadlier, 2000)

| synonyms = * Bavayia madjo
(Bauer, Jones, & Sadlier, 2000)

}}

Paniegekko is a monotypic genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae, containing the species Paniegekko madjo.{{cite web|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Paniegekko&species=madjo&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Paniegekko%27%29%29|title=Paniegekko madjo|website=The Reptile Database|accessdate=2017-11-11}} It is endemic to humid montane forests on Mont Ignambi and Mont Panié in the Panié massif of New Caledonia.{{Cite journal|last=Bauer|first=Aaron M.|last2=Jackman|first2=Todd R.|last3=Sadlier|first3=Ross A.|last4=Whitaker|first4=Anthony H.|date=2012-07-31|title=Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus)|url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3404.1.1|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=3404|issue=1|pages=1–52–1–52|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3404.1.1|issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}} It was once considered a species of Bavayia, a similar genus of arboreal geckos.{{Cite journal|last=Bauer|first=Aaron M.|last2=Jones|first2=Julia P.G.|last3=Sadlier|first3=Ross A.|date=2000|title=A New High-Elevation Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from Northeastern New Caledonia|url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/1599/v54n1-63-69.pdf|journal=Pacific Science|volume=54|pages=63–69}} Paniegekko madjo is endangered, owing to predation by introduced rodents and cats combined with habitat degradation by wildfires and introduced pigs (Sus domesticus) and deer (Rusa timorensis). It has not been observed since 1998.Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan, H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. 2021. Paniegekko madjo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176192A123129097. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176192A123129097.en.