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Taxonomy of the genus Strophurus Biodiversity of the family Diplodactylidae

Bibliography of the genus
Strophurus (Spiny-tailed Geckos and Tail-squirters)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Diplodactylidae)

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.


Strophurus in general

Kluge, A.G. 1965. The Australian gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray: an evolutionary and zoogeographical study. Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Southern California. pp. 139-141.

Laube, A.; Langner, C. 2007. Die Gattung Strophurus. Draco 8(1) (29): 49-66.

Laver, R.J.; Nielsen, S.V.; Rosauer, D.F.; Oliver, P.M. 2017. Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 115: 62-70

Nielsen, S.V.; Oliver, P.M.; Laver, R.J.; Bauer, A.M.; Noonan, B.P. 2016. Stripes, jewels and spines: further investigations into the evolution of defensive strategies in a chemically defended gecko radiation (Strophurus, Diplodactylidae). Zoologica Scripta 45(5): 481–493

Rosenberg, H.I.; Russell, A.P.; Kapoor, M. 1984. Preliminary characterization of the defensive secretion of Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Copeia 1984(4): 1025-1028.

Rösler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) - 3. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Arten der Gattungen Hoplodactylus Fitzinger, 1843, Naultinis Gray, 1842, Oedura Gray, 1842, Rhacodactylus Fitzinger, 1843 und Strophurus Fitzinger, 1843 (Gekkonidae: Diplodactylinae). Gekkota 2: 220-248.

Storr, G.M. 1988. The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 121-133.

Strophurus assimilis

Gaikhorst, G.; Lambert, C. 2005. Observations of two gecko species using tree sap as a food source. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(2): 93-94.

Storr, G.M. 1988. The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 121-133.

Strophurus ciliaris

Bauer, A.M.; Rosenberg, H.I. 1988. Preliminary laboratory observations of temperature effects on tail-squirting in two species of Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(2): 5-7.

Brooks, S.J.; Calver, M.C.; Dickman, C.R.; Meathrel, C.E.; Bradley, J.S. 1996. Does intraspecific variation in the energy value of a prey species to its predators matter in studies of ecological energetics? A case study using insectivorous vertebrates. Ecoscience 3(3): 247-251.

Doody, J.S.; James, H.; Dunlop, D.; D'Amore, D.; Edgar, M.; Fidel, M.; Meadows, D.; Walmsley, C.W.; Clulow, S.; McHenry, C.R. 2013. Natural history notes: Strophurus ciliaris (Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko). Communal nesting. Herpetological Review 44(4): 685.

Fyfe, G. 1991. Possible 'double clutching' in Strophurus ciliaris. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 28.

Glauert, L. 1952. Herpetological miscellanea. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 166-170.

Husband, G. 1998. Captive maintenance and breeding of the spiny-tailed gecko Diplodactylus ciliaris at Territory Wildlife Park. Dactylus 3(3): 117-120.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88: 230-234.

Shea, G. 1987. Northern spiny-tailed gecko. Australian Natural History 22(8): 361.

Storr, G.M. 1988. The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 121-133.

Tremper, P.A. 1999. Captive husbandry and propagation of the Australian eyelash gecko Diplodactylus ciliaris ciliaris Boulenger, 1885. Gekko 1(1): 10-15.

Werner, Y.L.; Bouskila, A.; Davies, S.J.J.F.; Werner, N. 1997. Observations and comments on active foraging in geckos. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(1): 34-39.

Strophurus congoo

Vanderduys, E. 2016. A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4117(3): 341-358.

Strophurus elderi

Bustard, H.R. 1979. Defensive mechanisms and predation in gekkonid lizards. British Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 9-11.

Bustard, R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos. Herpetologica 21: 294-302.

Cogger, H.G. 1962. Reptile studies in the Musgrave Ranges. Australian Natural History 14: 51-56.

Laube, A. 1997. Bemerkungen zur erstmaligen Nachzucht und zum Abwehrverhalten des Juwelengeckos Diplodactylus (Strophurus) elderi Stirling & Zietz, 1893. Sauria (Berlin) 19(4): 41-44.

Schmida, G.E. 1974. Nachtgespenster des australischen Busches-Geckos: ein Reisebericht. Aquarien Magazin 8(4): 162-167.

Shea, G.M. 1984. New records of a skink and a gecko from western New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15(1): 1-4.

Stirling, E.C.; Zietz, A. 1893. Scientific results of the Elder Exploring Expedition. Vertebrata. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 16: 154-176.

Strophurus horneri

Oliver, P.M.; Parkin, T. 2014. A new phasmid gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from the Arnhem Plateau: more new diversity in rare vertebrates from northern Australia. Zootaxa 3878(1): 37–48.

Strophurus intermedius

Bauer, A.M.; Rosenberg, H.I. 1988. Preliminary laboratory observations of temperature effects on tail-squirting in two species of Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(2): 5-7.

Douglas-Ogilby, J. 1892. Descriptions of three new Australian lizards. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 6-11.

Ehmann, H. 1980. Diurnal perching by the southern sping-tailed gecko, Diplodactylus intermedius. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12(1): 37.

Hoser, R.T. 2005. A new subspecies of Strophurus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from South Australia. Boydii 2005 (Spring): 14-15.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88: 230-234.

Sass, S. 2003. Observations of diurnal exposure by geckos. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(2): 58-59.

Strophurus jeanae

Algaba, D. 2007. Observation of diurnal behaviour in the gecko Strophurus jeanae. Western Australian Naturalist 25(4): 242-243.

Storr, G.M. 1988. A new species of Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 183-187.

Strophurus krisalys

Sadlier, R.A.; O'Meally, D.; Shea, G.M. 2005. A new species of spiny-tailed gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from inland Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 573-582.

Strophurus mcmillani

Smith, L.A. 1995. A new Diplodactylus, subgenus Strophurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(3): 351-353.

Storr, G.M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 337-352.

Strophurus michaelseni

Storr, G.M.; Ford, J.R. 1967. Rediscovery and taxonomic status of the Western Australian gecko. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 160-162.

Strophurus rankini

Storr, G.M. 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 134-142.

Strophurus robinsoni

Smith, L.A. 1995. A new Diplodactylus, subgenus Strophurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(3): 351-353.

Strophurus spinigerus

Bourne, G. 1934. The origin of the liquid appearing from the soft spines and the tail of the lizard Diplodactylus spinigerus Gray. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 19: 9-11.

Brazenor, C.W. 1951. On the Victorian species of tuberculated Diplodactylus. Mem. Nat. Mus. Melb. 17: 215-222.

Glauert, L. 1952. Herpetological miscellanea. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 166-170.

Laube, A.; Seipp, R. 1998. Strophurus spinigerus (Gray). Sauria (Berlin) 20(3): 435-440.

Peterson, M.; Metcalfe, D.C. 2005. Diurnal foraging and basking by the diplodactyline gecko Strophurus spinigerus spinigerus (Gray, 1842) in a Grevillea shrub in an urban back yard, with notes on reproduction and the body dimensions and coLoration of a juvenile. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(1): 2-3.

Richardson, K.C.; Hinchliffe, P.M. 1983. Caudal glands and their secretions in the western spiny-tailed gecko, Diplodactylus spinigerus. Copeia 1983(1): 161-169.

Robinson, D. 1987. Additions to the herpetofauna of the Wongan Hills. Western Australian Naturalist 17(1): 22.

Rösler, H. 2000. Anomalien bei Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 259-262, 264-271.

Russell, A.P.; Rosenberg, H.I. 1981. Self-grooming in Diplodactylus spinigerus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with a brief review of such behaviour in reptiles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(3): 564-566.

Storr, G.M. 1988. The subspecies of Diplodactylus spinigerus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 177-182.

Strophurus strophurus

Brazenor, C.W. 1951. On the Victorian species of tuberculated Diplodactylus. Mem. Nat. Mus. Melb. 17: 215-222.

Cogger, H.G. 1962. Reptile studies in the Musgrave Ranges. Australian Natural History 14: 51-56.

Glauert, L. 1952. Herpetological miscellanea. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 166-170.

Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Note on reproduction of the silver spinytail gecko, Diplodactylus strophurus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Western Australia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 41(2): 65-67.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 1990. Oedura and Afroedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) revisited: similarities of digital design, and constraints on the development of multiscansorial subdigital pads? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(3): 473-486.

Strophurus taeniatus

Glauert, L. 1955. Herpetological miscellanea. Western Australian Naturalist 4(8): 174-184.

Smith, L.A. 1995. A new Diplodactylus, subgenus Strophurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(3): 351-353.

Storr, G.M. 1988. A new species of Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 183-187.

Storr, G.M.; Ford, J.R. 1967. Rediscovery and taxonomic status of the Western Australian gecko. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 160-162.

Vanderduys, E.P.; Kutt, A.S.; Perkins, G.C. 2012. A significant range extension for the northern Australian gecko Strophurus taeniatus. Australian Zoologist 36(1): 20-21.

Strophurus taenicauda

Brown, D.; Worthington-Wilmer, J.; MacDonald, S. 2012. A revision of Strophurus taenicauda (Squamata; Diplodactylidae) with the description of two new subspecies from central Queensland and a southerly range extension. Zootaxa 3243: 1-28.

Mathieson, M.; Johnson, R.; Hobson, R. 1999. Additional vertebrate fauna records for Lake Broadwater Conservation Park. Queensland Naturalist 37(1-3): 12-17.

Porter, R. 2001. Captive maintenance and breeding of the Golden-tailed Gecko, Diplodactylus taenicauda. Gekko 2(1): 2-5.

Strophurus trux

Vanderduys, E. 2017. A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) from central Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4347(2): 316–330.

Strophurus wellingtonae

Storr, G.M. 1988. The Diplodactylus ciliaris complex (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 121-133.

Strophurus williamsi

Bustard, H.R. 1979. Defensive mechanisms and predation in gekkonid lizards. British Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 9-11.

Bustard, R. 1969. The ecology of the Australian geckos Diplodactylus williamsi and Gehyra australis in northern New South Wales 1 & 2. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 72: 451-477.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus Gray, from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88: 230-234.

Laube, A. 1993. Diplodactylus williamsi Kluge. Sauria (Berlin) 15(1-4): 273-276.

Laube, A. 2000. The Soft-spined Gecko Strophurus williamsi Kluge, 1963. Gekko 1(2): 30-35.

Rösler, H. 1985. Diplodactylus williamsi. Zuchten statt importieren. Aquarium (Bornheim) 19(190): 206-208.

Rösler, H. 1987. Observations on reproduction in Diplodactylus williamsi Kluge (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 17(1-2): 29-30.

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Reptiles new to the fauna of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 217-218.

Shea, G.M. 1984. Egg deposition site in the gecko Diplodactylus williamsi. Victorian Naturalist 101(5): 198-199.

Strophurus wilsoni

Storr, G.M. 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(1): 59-62.