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Taxonomy of the genus Bunopus Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Bunopus (South West Asian Tuberculated Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Bunopus in general

Andrushko, A.M. 1977. [A present day concept of the status and structure of the genera Alsophylax (Fitzinger, 1843) and Bunopus (Blanford, 1874) (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae).] pp. 10-12. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Bauer, A.M.; Masroor, R.; Titus-McQuillan, J.; Heinicke, M.P.; Dza, J.D.; Jackman, T.R. 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599(4): 301–324.

Cervenka, J.; Kratochvil, L.; Frynta, D. 2008. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Middle Eastern geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion and their selected relatives. Zootaxa 1931: 25-36.

Golubev, M.L.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1981. [Carinatogecko gen. n. (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) - a new genus from south-west Asia]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1981(5): 34-41.

Khosravani, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Oraie, H.; Papenfuss, T.J. 2017. Resolving species delimitation within the genus Bunopus Blanford, 1874 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Iran using DNA barcoding approach. Zootaxa 4365(4): 467–479.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Golubev, M.L. 1977. Systematics of the Palearctic geckos (genera Gymnodactylus, Bunopus, Alsophylax). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR (Leningrad) 74: 120-133.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Golubev, M.L. 1986. [The gekkonid fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries. Guide to identification]. (In Russian). Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 234 pp.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Golubev, M.L. 1996. Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. (Contributions to Herpetology. Vol. 13). SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 233 pp. (Translation of: Gekkony fauny SSSR i sopredelnykh stran. Opredelitel. Translation by: Golubev, M.L. & Malinsky, S.A.).

Bunopus crassicaudus

Kamali, K.; Mozaffari, O. 2013. New data on the distribution of thick-tailed tuberculate gecko, Bunopus crassicauda (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Iran. Herpetology Notes 6: 281-283.

Bunopus tuberculatus

Abd El Karim, A.E. 1994. Regeneration from different levels along the tail of the geckonid lizard, Bunopus tuberculatus. Qatar University Science Journal 14(1): 82-89.

Abd El Karim, A.E.; Michael, M.I. 1993. Tail regeneration after autotomy in the geckonid lizard Bunopus tuberculatus. Qatar University Science Journal 13(2): 293-300.

Abushama, F.T.; Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1979. Desert arthropods of Kuwait and their distribution. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 114: 149-151.

Al-Sadoon, M.K.; Al-Otaibi, F.S. 2014. Ecology of the Sand Boa, Eryx jayakari in Riyadh Region of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 21(5): 391-393.

Al-Shammari, A.M. 2012. Additional records of lizards in Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(4): 287-291.

Amr, Z.S.; Al-Oran, R.; Disi, A.M. 1994. Reptiles of southern Jordan. The Snake 26(1): 41-49.

Anderson, S.C. 1999. The lizards of Iran. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles), Saint Louis, Missouri. 442 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 15).

Behzad, F.; Karamiani, R.; Darvishnia, H.; Heidari, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2011. A new species of Carinatogecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Ilam Province, western Iran. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(1): 61-74.

Darevsky, I.S. 1977. [Range extension or population fluctuations? (On the occurrence in southern central Asia of a number of lizards new to the fauna of the USSR).] pp. 77-79. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Frankenberg, E.; Werner, Y.L. 1984. The defensive vocal 'distress' repertoire of gekkonid lizards: intra- and inter-specific variation. Amphibia-Reptilia 5(2): 109-124.

Goldberg, S.R.; Maza, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Bunopus blanfordii (Blanford's Rock Gecko). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(4): 845.

Gorelov, Y.K.; Darevsky, I.S.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1974. Two new for the USSR fauna lizard species from the family Gekkonidae. Vestnik Zoologii 1974(4): 33-39.

Haas, G. 1957. Some amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 29(4): 47-86.

Haas, G.; Battersby, J.C. 1959. Amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. Copeia 1959: 196-202.

Khosravani, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Oraie, H. 2015. Geographic variation of morphological characters in Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford 1874 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Iran. Herpetologica 71(2): 152-159.

Leptien, R. 1993. Observations in the Arabian desert gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874 from the United Arab Emirates. Dactylus 2(2): 56-58.

Mohammed, M.B.H. 1989. Some observations on the cartilaginous structure of the head skeleton in some geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 222(1-2): 3-11.

Sabri, A.W.A.; Khalil, A. 1975. Study of the osteology of some Iraqi geckos. Bulletin Nat. Hist. Res. Cent. Univ. Baghdad 6(1): 68-72.

Soorae, P.S. 2004. A herpetological survey of some islands in the Arabian Gulf, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. Zoology in the Middle East 32: 33-38.

Werner, Y.L. 1964. Frequencies of regenerated tails, and structure of caudal vertebrae in Israeli desert geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 13: 134-136.

Werner, Y.L. 1991. Notable herpetofaunal records from Transjordan. Zoology in the Middle East 5: 37-41.