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Taxonomy of the genus Mediodactylus Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Mediodactylus (Mediterranean Bent-toed 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.


Mediodactylus in general

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.; Frynta, D.; Kratochvil, L. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of the gecko genus Carinatogecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2636: 59-64.

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.

Macey, J.R.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Wang, Y.; Papenfuss, T.J. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships between Asian gekkonid lizards formerly of the genus Cyrtodactylus based on cladistic analyses of allozymic data: monophyly of Cyrtopodion and Mediodactylus. Journal of Herpetology 34(2): 258-265.

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. 1984. [On generic assignement of the Palearctic Cyrtodactylus lizard species (Reptilia, Gekkonidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1984(2): 50-56.

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.).

Mediodactylus amictopholis

Hoofien, J.H. 1967. Contributions to the herpetofauna of Mount Hermon. 1. Cyrtodactylus amictopholis n. sp. (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 16: 205-210.

Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.A.; Sindaco, R.; Venchi, A. 2002. The herpetofauna of Lebanon: New data on distribution. Zoology in the Middle East 27: 35-46.

Mediodactylus aspratilis

Anderson, S.C. 1973. A new species of Bunopus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Iran and a key to lizards of the genus Bunopus. Herpetologica 29(4): 355-358.

Kami, H.G. 1999. A new record of Carinatogecko aspratilis in Iran (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zoology in the Middle East 17: 15-20.

Karamiani, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2011. A new record of the keel-scaled geko, Carinatogecko aspratilis (Anderson, 1973) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Iran. Herpetology Notes 4: 337-339.

Nazari-Serenjeh, F.; Torki, F. 2008. Einige Ökologische Aspekte von Carinatogecko aspratilis (Anderson, 1973) (Gekkonidae: Reptilia). Sauria (Berlin) 30(2): 23-28.

Mediodactylus bartoni

Kotsakiozi, P.; Jablonski, D.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Meiri, S.; Itescu, Y.; Kukushkin, O.; Gvozdík, V.; Scillitani, G.; Roussos, S.; Jandzik, D.; Kasapidis, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: hidden diversity and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 177-187.

Stepanek, O. 1937. Eine neue Unterart der Eidechse Gymnodactylus kotschyi aus Bulgarien. Bull. Inst. Roy. Hist. Nat. Sofia 10: 281-285.

Wettstein, O. von 1953. Dreizehn neue Reptilienrassen von den Ägäichsen Inseln. Anz. Ost. Akad. Wiss. 89: 251-256.

Mediodactylus brachykolon

Krysko, K.L.; Rehmann, H.; Auffenberg, K. 2007. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) from Pakistan. Herpetologica 63(1): 100-113.

Mediodactylus danilewskii

Baran, I.; Gruber, U. 1982. Taxonomische Untersuchungen an türkischen Gekkoniden. Spixiana 5(2): 109-138.

Belcheva, R.G.; Bisserkov, V.I.; Ilieva, N.L.; Beshkov, V.A. 1987. Karyological investigations of two lizard species of the families Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences 40(12): 95-98.

Beskaravayny, M.M.; Kotelnikov, S.N. 2001. [The results of the gecko Cyrtopodion kotschyi introduction in the Karadag Nature Reserve]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 35(1): 52.

Broggi, M.F. 2014. The herpetofauna of the isolated island of Gavdos (Greece). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 83-90.

Kotsakiozi, P.; Jablonski, D.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Meiri, S.; Itescu, Y.; Kukushkin, O.; Gvozdík, V.; Scillitani, G.; Roussos, S.; Jandzik, D.; Kasapidis, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: hidden diversity and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 177-187.

Kukushkin, O.V.; Sharygin, S.A. 2005. [New data on morphology of the Mediterranean (Kotschyi's) Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi danilewskii (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in Crimea]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 39(6): 37-49, 89.

Manilo, V.V. 1997. [Peculiarities of the karyotypes in the family Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria). Part 1. Genus Mediodactylus]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 31(1-2): 44-48.

Manilo, V.V.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1984. [The karyotypes of the Mediodactylus gecko lizards (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) of the USSR fauna]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1984(3): 81-83.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1902. Gymnodactylus danilewskii Str., et Gymnodactylus colchicus, n. sp. Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. 7: 1-7.

Rösler, H.; Schmidtler, J.F.; Moravec, J. 2012. Bemerkungen zu einigen Unterarten von Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) und Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis (Mertens, 1924) in der südlichen Türkei und in angrenzenden Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 25-46.

Stapanek, O. 1939. Gymnodactylus kotschyi kalypsae n. subsp. Vest. ceskosl. zool. Spolnec. Praze 6-7: 431-435.

Stepanek, O. 1937. Eine neue Unterart der Eidechse Gymnodactylus kotschyi aus Bulgarien. Bull. Inst. Roy. Hist. Nat. Sofia 10: 281-285.

Stepanek, O. 1940. Herpetologie ostrov? Gaudos a Dia. Materiae herpetologicae in insulis Gaudos et Dia collectae. Sborn. Nar. Mus. Praze 2B: 107-110.

Sviridenko, E.Y.; Kukushkin, O.V. 2003. [About maximal dimensions of the glass-lizard, Pseudopus apodus in the Crimea]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 37(3): 98.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1960. [New data on the Crimean gecko Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Str]. (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 39: 1390-1397.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1960. [On the study of the species Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Strauch]. (In Russian). Dopov. Akad. Nauk Ukr. R.S.R. 7: 970-973.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1960. On the study of the species Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Strauch. Dopov. Akad. Nauk Ukr. R.S.R. 7: 970-973.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1965. [New data on the reproduction of Gymnodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Str]. (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 44: 1421.

Mediodactylus dehakroensis

Cervenka, J.; Kratochvil, L. 2010. Generic reassignment and validity of the recently described species Cyrtopodion dehakroense. Herpetology Notes 3: 135-137.

Masroor, R. 2009. A new arboreal species of Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Deh Akro-II Wetlands Complex, Sindh, Pakistan. Zootaxa 2243: 57-67.

Mediodactylus heterocercus

Moravec, J.; Modry, D. 1994. On the occurrence of Cyrtopodion heterocercus mardinensis and Pseudocerastes persicus fieldi in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 10: 53-56.

Mozaffari, O. 2007. Geographic distribution: Cyrtopodion heterocercum heterocercum (Asian Minor Thin-toed Gecko). Iran: Markazi province. Herpetological Review 38(3): 351.

Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Oraei, H.; Johari, M. 2009. New records of the geckonid lizard, Cyrtopodion heterocercum heterocercum (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Isfahan province, central Iran, with an extended description and notes on distribution. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(2): 95-100.

Rösler, H.; Schmidtler, J.F.; Moravec, J. 2012. Bemerkungen zu einigen Unterarten von Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) und Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis (Mertens, 1924) in der südlichen Türkei und in angrenzenden Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 25-46.

Mediodactylus heteropholis

Bostanchi, H. 2006. Geographic distribution: Carinatogecko heteropholis (Iraqi Keel-scaled Gecko). Herpetological Review 37(2): 240.

Fathinia, B.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Mohamadi, H. 2011. Sexual dimorphism in Carinatogecko heteropholis (Minton, Anderson, and Anderson, 1970) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Ilam Province, western Iran. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(1): 47-53.

Minton, S.A.; Anderson, S.C.; Anderson, J.A. 1970. Remarks on some geckos from Southwest Asia, with descriptions of three new forms and a key to the genus Tropiocolotes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 37: 333-362.

Torki, F. 2012. Notes on sexual dimorphism of Carinatogecko heteropholis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) (Minton, Anderson et Anderson, 1970). Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(4): 284-286.

Mediodactylus ilamensis

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.

Mediodactylus kotschyi

Anonymous. 2012. [Biodiversity of the lagoon of Venice and of the Venetian northern Adriatic coast. Records (216 - 218)]. (In Italian). Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia 63: 176-179.

Afsar, M.; Ayaz, D.; Afsar, B.; Cicek, K. 2011. Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) from Civril, Denizli (western Turkey). Herpetozoa 24(1-2): 98-101.

Ajtic, R.D. 2004. [Morphological and ecological characteristics of population of Kotschy's gecko (Cyrtodactylus kotschyi, Steindachner, 1870) (Gekkonidae, Lacertilia) from part of the Balkan Peninsula]. (In Serbian, English summary). Zashtita Prirode 56(1): 69-78.

Angelici, F.M.; Capula, M.; Riga, F. 1990. Notes on the herpetofauna of Astipalaia Island (Dodecanense, Greece). British Herpetological Society Bulletin 34: 31-33.

Baran, I.; Gruber, U. 1981. Taxonomische Untersuchungen an türkischen Inselformen von Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner 1870). Teil 1: Die Populationen der nördlichen Ägäis, des Marmarameeres und des Schwarzen Meeres (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Spixiana 4(3): 255-270.

Belcheva, R.G.; Bisserkov, V.I.; Ilieva, N.L.; Beshkov, V.A. 1987. Karyological investigations of two lizard species of the families Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences 40(12): 95-98.

Beutler, A. 1981. Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner 1870) - Ägäischer Bogenfingergecko. pp. 53-74. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Beutler, A.; Gruber, U. 1977. Intraspezifische Untersuchungen an Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindacher, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Beitrag zu einer mathematischen Definition des Begriffs Unterart. Spixiana 1(2): 165-202.

Beutler, A.; Gruber, U. 1979. Geschlechtsdimorphismus, Populationsdynamik und Ökologie von Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 15(2): 84-94.

Böhme, W.; Lymberakis, P.; Ajtic, R.; Disi, A.M.; Werner, Y.L.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Crochet, P.A.; Haxhiu, I.; Corti, C.; Sindaco, R.; Kaska, Y.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Üzüm, N. & al. 2009. Mediodactylus kotschyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157281A5069008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157281A5069008.en.

Bringsøe, H. 1994. Geographic distribution: Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Kotschy's Gecko). Greece: Municipality (NOMOS) of Etolias-Akarnanias. Herpetological Review 25(4): 164.

Broggi, M.F. 2014. The herpetofauna of Kimolos (Milos Archipelago, Greece). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 102-103.

Cerny, R. 1974. Zajimavý gekonek - Gymnadactylus kotschyi. Ziva 22(3): 118.

Clark, R.J. 1996. The herpetofauna of the uninhabited islands of the Spetsai/Hydra Island Complex, Greece. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 58: 36-43.

Eser, O.; Cengiz, E.U. 2014. Research on the herpetofauna of Baskomutan Historical National Park, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Biharean Biologist 8(2): 98-101.

Farkas, B.; Ujvari, B.; Koszegi, G. 1999. Geographic distribution: Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Kotschy's Gecko). Herpetological Review 30(3): 173-174.

Franzen, M. 1986. Zur winterlichen Aktivität einiger Echsen in der südlichen Türkei. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 8(45): 6-10.

Goldberg, S.R. 2012. Reproduction in Kotschy's gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Greek Islands and Israel. Herpetological Bulletin 119: 15-18.

Gooding, A. 1982. Notes on breeding the naked fingered gecko Cyrtodactylus kotschyi. Herptile 7(3): 29-30.

Grano, M.; Cattaneo, C.; Cattaneo, A. 2015. First observations on the herpetological and theriological fauna of Alimia Island (Rhodes Archipelago, Aegean Sea). Biodiversity Journal 6(1): 73-78.

Grillenzoni, G.; Mazzotti, S. 1999. Segnalazione di geco di Kotschyi Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindacher, 1870) nella cita di Ferrara (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara 1: 87-88.

Gruber, U. 1974. Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Reptilien von der Insel Antikythira. Salamandra 10(1): 31-41.

Holfert, T. 1999. Beobachtungen und Temperaturmessungen in einem Habitat von Mediodactylus kotschyi an der Südostbulgarischen Küste. Elaphe 7(3): 57-60.

Kabisch, K. 1972. Die Schlangeninsel bei Arkutino. Aquarien Terrarien Monatschrift für Ornithologie und Vivarienkunde 1972(12): 410-412.

Karaman, M.S. 1965. Eine neue Unterart der Eidechse Gymnodactylus kotschyi aus Mazedonien, Gymnodactylus kotschyi skopjensis n.ssp. Zoologischer Anzeiger 174: 348-351.

Kasapidis, P.; Magoulas, A.; Mylonas, M.; Zouros, E. 2005. The phylogeography of the gecko Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Aegean archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(3): 612-623.

Koseman, C.M. 2017. Eine neue Form kryptischen Verhaltens bei Mediodactylus kotschyi in Antalya, Türkei. Sauria (Berlin) 39(4): 59-63.

Kotsakiozi, P.; Jablonski, D.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Meiri, S.; Itescu, Y.; Kukushkin, O.; Gvozdík, V.; Scillitani, G.; Roussos, S.; Jandzik, D.; Kasapidis, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: hidden diversity and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 177-187.

Koynova, T.; Tzankov, N.; Popgeorgiev, G.; Naumov, B.; Natchev, N. 2017. A new distribution record of the Kotschy’s Gecko (Mediodactylus kotschyi) from inland north-eastern Bulgaria. Herpetology Notes 10: 1-2.

Král, B. 1966. Anmerkungen zum Vorkommen des Geckos Gymnodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner 1870) in Bulgarien und zu seiner Aufzucht in der Gefangenschaft. Aquarien Terrarien 13: 336-338.

Mollov, I.; Georgiev, D.; Basheva, S. 2015. Is the Kotschy’s Gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) active during the winter? ZooNotes 84: 1-3.

Mollov, I.A. 2005. A study on the amphibians (Amphibia) and reptiles (Reptilia) from three urban protected areas in the town of Plovdiv (south Bulgaria). Plovdivski Universitet "Paisij Khilendarski" Nauchni Trudove Biologiya Animalia 41(6): 79-94.

Mollov, I.A. 2011. Comparison of the eggs size between two subspecies of the Kotschy's gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Bulgaria. ZooNotes 19: 1-4.

Moravec, J. 1998. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on the herpetofauna of Syria (Reptilia). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 99-106.

Novarini, N. 2010. Biodiversita della Laguna di Venezia e della costa nord adriatica veneta. Segnalazione (209-211). Chordata: Reptilia Squamata Gekkonidae. 209 - Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindacher, 1870): Prima segnalazione per il Veneto. Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia 61: 139-140.

Petkov, V. 2002. [Second find of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi danilewskii Strauch, 1887 in the Rousse region]. (In Bulgarian). Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 15: 156.

Picariello, O.; Scillitani, G. 1988. Genetic distances between the populations of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Apulia and Greece. Amphibia-Reptilia 9(3): 245-249.

Pulev, A.; Domozetski, L.; Sakelarieva, L. 2014. Distribution of Kotschy's Gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in South-West Bulgaria. Ecologia Balkanica 6(2): 75-81.

Rösler, H. 1998. Zur Variabilität der Beschuppung und Lebensweise von Cyrtopodion kotschyi bibroni (Beutler & Gruber, 1977) (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 1: 3-21.

Rösler, H. 1982. Ein Gecko (Cyrtodactylus kotschyi ssp.) mit 2 Schwanzen. Sauria (Berlin) 4(1): 9-10.

Rösler, H. 1998. Zur Variabilität der Beschuppung und Lebensweise von Cyrtopodion kotschyi bibroni (Beutler & Gruber, 1977) (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 1: 3-21.

Rösler, H. 2000. Zur Taxonomie und Verbreitung von Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) in Bulgarien (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 3-19, 264-265.

Rösler, H.; Tome, S. 2001. Zur Verbreitung von Cyrtopodion kotschyi bibroni (Beutler & Gruber, 1977) in Mazedonien (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 3: 29-32.

Roussos, S.A.; Strachinis, I. 2014. Geographic distribution: Mediodactylus kotschyi (Kotschy's Gecko). Herpetological Review 45(4): 660.

Schwarz, R.; Gavriilidi, I.A.; Itescu, Y.; Jamison, S.; Sagonas, K.; Meiri, S.; Panayiotis, P. 2016. Mediodactylus kotschyi in the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece: distribution and habitat. Acta Herpetologica 11(2): 179-187.

Scillitani, G.; Picariello, O.; Maio, N. 2004. Distribution and conservation status of Cyrtopodion kotschyi in Italy (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 71: 107-111. (Suppl 1).

Sideris, G.; Duperault, A. 2003. New herpetofaunal records for Psara and neighboring islands, Aegean Sea, Greece. Herpetological Review 34(3): 266-269.

Slavenko, A.; Itescu, Y.; Foufopoulos, J.; Pafilis, P.; Meiri, S. 2015. Clutch size variability in an ostensibly fix-clutched lizard: effects of insularity on a Mediterranean gecko. Evolutionary Biology (New York) 42(2): 129-136.

Stepanek, O. 1934. Sur le Gymnodactylus danilewski en Bulgarie. Sbor. zool. odd. narod. Mus. Praze 1: 31.

Stepanek, O. 1937. Gymnodactylus kotschyi Steindachner und sein Rassenkreis. Arch. Natur. 6: 258-280.

Tiedemann, F.; Haupl, M. 1982. Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner 1870) in the Santorin Archipelago. Amphibia-Reptilia 3(4): 377-381.

Uhrin, M.; Benda, P. 2018. New records of Mediodactylus kotschyi and Hemidactylus turcicus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Astypalea Island, Greece. Herpetology Notes 11: 275-278.

Valakos, E.; Vlachopanos, A. 1987. The feeding ecology of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi in an insular ecosystem of the Aegean. pp. 411-414. In: van Gelder, J.J.; Strijbosch, H. & Bergers, P.J.M. (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Faculty of Sciences, Nijmegen. 473 pp.

Valakos, E.D. 1989. Thermal ecology of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Sauria-Gekkonidae) in the insular ecosystems of the Aegean. Herpetological Journal 1(9): 396-399.

Valakos, E.D.; Polymeni, R.M. 1990. The food of Cyrtodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Sauria-Gekkonidae) during the wet season in the Mediterranean insular ecosystems of the Aegean. Herpetological Journal 1(10): 474-477.

Werner, Y.L. 1993. The paradoxical tree gecko of Israel. Dactylus 2(1): 29-42.

Wettstein, O. von 1937. Vierzehn neue Reptilienrassen von den südlichen Ägäischen Inseln. Zoologischer Anzeiger 118(3/4): 79-90.

Wettstein, O. von 1938. Die Typen der Gymnodactylus kotschyi- und Lacerta erhardii-Rassen im Wiener Naturhistorischen Museum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 122: 334-336.

Wettstein, O. von 1953. Dreizehn neue Reptilienrassen von den Ägäichsen Inseln. Anz. Ost. Akad. Wiss. 89: 251-256.

Wilson, M.; Stille, B.; Stille, M. 2014. Herpetofauna of Paxos, Ionian Islands, Greece, including two species new to the island. Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 108-112.

Mediodactylus oertzeni

Kotsakiozi, P.; Jablonski, D.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Meiri, S.; Itescu, Y.; Kukushkin, O.; Gvozdík, V.; Scillitani, G.; Roussos, S.; Jandzik, D.; Kasapidis, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: hidden diversity and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 177-187.

Tiedemann, F.; Haupl, M. 1980. Eine neue Unterart von Cyrtodactylus kotschyi von den griechischen Inseln Nisos Makri und Nisos Strongili (NW Rhodos). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83: 539-542.

Wettstein, O. von 1937. Vierzehn neue Reptilienrassen von den südlichen Ägäischen Inseln. Zoologischer Anzeiger 118(3/4): 79-90.

Mediodactylus orientalis

Afsar, M.; Çiçek, K.; Tok, C.V. 2017. More data on the distribution and morphology of Mediodactylus kotschyi bolkarensis (RÖSLER, 1994), from Central Anatolia, Turkey (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetozoa 30(1-2): 49-58.

Baran, I.; Gruber, U. 1982. Taxonomische Untersuchungen an türkischen Gekkoniden. Spixiana 5(2): 109-138.

Frankenberg, E. 1978. Calls of male and female tree geckos, Cyrtodactylus kotschyi. Israel Journal of Zoology 27(1): 53-56.

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.

Kotsakiozi, P.; Jablonski, D.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Meiri, S.; Itescu, Y.; Kukushkin, O.; Gvozdík, V.; Scillitani, G.; Roussos, S.; Jandzik, D.; Kasapidis, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: hidden diversity and cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 177-187.

Lahony, S.R.; Khleifat, K.; Al Tarawneh, K.A.; Abboud, M.M.; Al Oran, R.M.; Al-Tarawneh, A.A.; Homady, M.H. 2002. Variations in five species of Jordanian reptiles with new record on the land tortoises Testudo floweri (Testudinidae: Chelonia). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 34(1): 43-49.

Rösler, H. 1994. Eine neue Unterart von Cyrtopodion (Mediodactylus) kotschyi (Steindachner, 1879) aus der Türkei. (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 48(1): 95-101.

Rösler, H.; Schmidtler, J.F.; Moravec, J. 2012. Bemerkungen zu einigen Unterarten von Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) und Mediodactylus heterocercus mardinensis (Mertens, 1924) in der südlichen Türkei und in angrenzenden Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 25-46.

Stepanek, O. 1937. Eine neue Unterart der Eidechse Gymnodactylus kotschyi aus Bulgarien. Bull. Inst. Roy. Hist. Nat. Sofia 10: 281-285.

Mediodactylus russowii

Bogdanov, O.P.; Petrusenko, A.A. 1973. [On nutrition of Gymnodactylus russowi Strauch, 1887]. (In Ukrainian, English summary). Zbirnyk Prats Zool. Mus., Kiïv 35: 66-67.

Brushko, Z.K. 1985. [Ecology of Tenuidactylus russowi in the Iliiskii Valley (south Kazakhstan)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 64(5): 715-721.

Cherlin, V.A. 1988. [On the thermobiology of Cyrtopodion russowi, Eremias scripta and Trapelus sanguinolentus]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1988(5): 36-43.

Cherlin, V.A.; Muzychenko, I.V. 1984. [A case study of determination methods of body temperature critical maximum in some Middle Asia lizards]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1984(5): 73-76.

Kireev, V.A. 1984. [On northern range limit of the gecko Gymnodactylus russowi Strauch]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 141-142.

Manilo, V.V. 1997. [Peculiarities of the karyotypes in the family Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria). Part 1. Genus Mediodactylus]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 31(1-2): 44-48.

Manilo, V.V.; Akulenko, N.M. 1991. [Determination of DNA in six species of geckos (Sauria, Reptilia) in the USSR fauna]. (In Russian, English summary). Tsitologiya i Genetika 25(5): 12-15.

Manilo, V.V.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1984. [The karyotypes of the Mediodactylus gecko lizards (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) of the USSR fauna]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1984(3): 81-83.

Mishagina, J.V. 1992. [Food connections of lizard of Haloxylon aphylum (East Kopetdag, Repetek)]. (In Russian, English summary). Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn' 6: 46-62.

Safaei-Mahroo, B.; Ghaffari, H.; Panah, A.S.; Fahimi, H.; Naderi, A.; Bromand, S. 2013. New geographic distribution records of Zarudny's Bent-toed Gecko, Mediodactylus russowii zarudnyi Nikolsky, 1899 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(1): 73-78.

Semenov, D.V.; Shenbrot, G.I. 1988. [On the ecology of gecko Cyrtopodion russowii (Strauch) (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in Central Asia]. (In Russian, English summary). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 93(5): 65-72.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1981. Cyrtodactylus russowii (Strauch 1887) - Transkaspischer Bogenfingergecko. pp. 75-83. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Szczerbak, N.N.; Eremchenko, V.K. 1987. [New findings of reptiles on the territory of the USSR]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1987(5): 85.

Wang, Y.; Shi, L. 2011. [Ecological characters of Mediodactylus russowii from the southern Junggar Basin in Xinjiang]. (In Chinese). Xinjiang Nongye Daxue Xuebao (Suppl. Serial no. 137) 34(5): 419-422.

Yadgarov, T. 1982. [Gecko species related to the genus Gymnodactylus at the junction of their distribution ranges in central Asia]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1982(3): 41-43.

Yadgarov, T.; Vasilyev, B.D. 1980. [On the ecology and sound signalization of two species of geckos from middle Asia]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 59(9): 1431-1433.

Yakovleva, I.D. 1963. [On the distribution and ecology of Gymnodactylus russowi Strauch, 1887]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR (Biol.) 5(2): 29-32.

Mediodactylus spinicaudus

Ataev, C.A.; Shammakov, S.M. 1990. [New data on the distribution and abundance of some reptiles at the limit of their range in Turkmenistan]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(3): 69-71.

Atayev, C.; Bogdanov, O.P.; Shammakov, S. 1968. On the finding of Alsophylax spinicauda (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in the USSR. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 47: 1420-1421.

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).

Kurilenko, V.E. 1985. [Material on the biology of Gymnodactylus spinicauda (Str., 1887)]. pp. 205-208. (In Russian). In: Nechaevaya, N.T. (ed.). [The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag.] Ylym, Ashkhabad. 277 pp.

Manilo, V.V. 1997. [Peculiarities of the karyotypes in the family Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria). Part 1. Genus Mediodactylus]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 31(1-2): 44-48.

Manilo, V.V.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1984. [The karyotypes of the Mediodactylus gecko lizards (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) of the USSR fauna]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1984(3): 81-83.

Mozaffari, O. 2006. Geographic distribution: Cyrtopodion spinicauda (Spiny-tailed Thin-toed Gecko). Herpetological Review 37(4): 494.

Nazarov, R.A. 2005. The new record of spiny tailed thin-toed gecko Mediodactylus spinicauda (Strauch, 1887), (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in east Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 155.

Shammakov, S.S.; Ataev, C. 1987. [On spreading and number of Gymnodactylus spinicauda Str]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1987(5): 70-71.

Mediodactylus stevenandersoni

Sadeghi, R.; Torki, F. 2011. Notes on the natural history and distribution of Carinatogecko stevenandersoni Torki, 2011. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(1): 34-36.

Torki, F. 2011. Description of a new species of Carinatogecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Iran. Salamandra 47(2): 103-111.

Mediodactylus walli

Auffenberg, K.; Krysko, K.L.; Rehman, H. 2010. Studies on Pakistan lizards: Cyrtopodion baturense (Khan and Baig 1992) and Cyrtopodion walli (Ingoldby 1922) (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 2636: 1-20.

Golubev, M.L.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1981. [A new species of the genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1981(3): 40-45.

Ingoldby, C.M. 1922. A new stone gecko from the Himalaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28: 1051.

Khan, M.S. 1992. Validity of the mountain gecko Gymnodactylus walli Ingoldby, 1922. Herpetological Journal 2(4): 106-109.