She is further honored by having species of reptile named after her, including the Many-lined Skink, Eumeces multivirgatus gaigeae and the Big Bend Slider, Trachemys gaigeae.

The Big Bend Slider (Trachemys gaigeae) is a species of aquatic turtle native to the United States in the states of New Mexico and Texas, and northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua.

He is also credited with having described several new species, including the Big Bend Slider, Trachemys gaigeae, the Oaxacan Patchnose Snake, Salvadora intermedia, and Dunn's Hognose Pit Viper, Porthidium dunni.