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Taxonomy of the genus Calodactylodes Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Calodactylodes (South Asian Golden 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.


Calodactylodes in general

Bauer, A.M.; Das, I. 2000. A review of the gekkonid genus Calodactylodes (Reptilia: Squamata) from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of South Asian Natural History 5(1): 25-35.

Strand, E. 1928. Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Berlin) 92A(8): 30-75.

Calodactylodes aureus

Bauer, A.M.; Srinivasulu, C.; Agarwal, I.; Roy, A.D.; Srinivasulu, B.; Mohapatra, P. 2013. Calodactylodes aureus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T194828A2363761. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T194828A2363761.en.

Chakrapani, I.S.; Chanikyudu, B.; Janardan, R.R.; Rajasekhar, M. 2014. Status survey of the Indian Golden Gecko, Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1970) in YSR Kadapa and SPSR Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. World Journal of Zoology 9(1): 21-27.

Chettri, B.; Bhupathy, S. 2010. Three little known reptile species from the Araku Valley, Eastern Ghats with notes on their distribution. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(8): 1109-1113.

Daniel, J.C.; Bhushan, B.; Sekar, A.G. 1986. Rediscovery of the golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome) in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83(1): 15-16.

Ganesh, S.R.; Arumugam, M. 2016. Species richness of montane herpetofauna of southern Eastern Ghats, India: a historical resume and a descriptive checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 7-24.

Kalaimani, A. 2015. Notes on egg laying sites of Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) in Tirupattur Forest Division, southern India. Herpetological Bulletin 131: 24-25.

Kalaimani, A.; Nath, A. 2012. A new locality and microhabitat usage by Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) from Tamil Nadu, Eastern Ghats, southern India. Herpetotropicos 8(1-2): 49-54.

Kalaimani, A.; Nath, A. 2013. The Indian Golden Gecko, Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) in Tamil Nadu, India. Taprobanica 5(1): 81-84.

Kumar, N.V.N.; Vijaya Lakshmi, K.M.; Rajasekhar, M.; Ameer Basha, S.; Ramakrishna, T. 2000. Survey of golden gecko, habitat analysis and conservation in Tirumala Hills. Ecology Environment and Conservation 6(4): 435-439.

Maqsood, J.S.M.; Raj, M.; Kumar, S. 2017. Predicting potential habitat suitability for an endemic gecko Calodactylodes aureus and its conservation implications in India. Tropical Ecology 58(2): 271-282

Mohan, B.A.; Lakshmi, B.B. 2001. Note on the status, habitat, distribution and ecology of golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus in the south eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Nature Conservation 13(2): 207-210.

Rajasekhar, M.; Kumar, N.V.N. 2007. A new finding of the occurrence of golden gecko (Calodactylodes aureus) in the rock boulders near Vellore Town. Bioscan 2(1): 61-62.

Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 1989. The morphology of the digits of the golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus and its implications for the occupation of rupicolous habitats. Amphibia-Reptilia 10(2): 125-140.

Sreekar, R.; Srinivasulu, C.; Seetharamaraju, M.; Srinivasulu, C.A. 2010. Selection of egg attachment sites by the Indian Golden Gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(11): 1268-1272.

Srinivasulu, A.; Srinivasulu, C. 2016. All that glitters is not gold: a projected distribution of the endemic Indian Golden Gecko Calodactylodes aureus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) indicates a major range shrinkage due to future climate change. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(6): 8883-8892.

Swamy, A.V.V.S.; Raju, P.A.; Rao, K.K.; Rao, M.V.S. 1999. A new distributional record and ecology of Indian golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus B. Journal of Nature Conservation 11(2): 257-263.

Calodactylodes illingworthorum

Amarasinghe, A.A.T.; Bauer, A.M.; Ineich, I.; Rudge, J.; Bahir, M.M.; Gabadage, D.E. 2009. The original descriptions and figures of Sri Lankan gekkonid lizards (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Taprobanica 1(2): 83-106.

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1952. Calodactylus illingworthi, sp. nov. Admin. Rep. Nat. Mus. Ceylon 1952: 18.

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1953. A new Calodactylodes gecko from Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) 3: 27-28.

Karunarathna, D.M.S.S.; Amarasinghe, A.A.T. 2011. Natural history and conservation status of Calodactylodes illingworthorum Deraniyagala, 1953 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in south-eastern Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 6(1-2): 05-10.

Michels, J.P.; Bauer, A.M. 2004. Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(1-2): 83-94.

Rathnayake, N.D. 2005. The Great Rock Gecko (Calodactylodes illingworthorum) of Sri Lanka. Gekko 4(2): 42-44.

Silva, A. de; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Goonewardene, S.; Hawke, Z.; Vanneck, V.; Drion, A.; Silva, P.; Perera, B.J.K.; Jayaratne, R.L.; Goonasekera, M.M. 2004. Distribution and natural history of Calodactylodes illingworthorum (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka: preliminary findings. Lyriocephalus 5(1-2): 192-198. (Special issue).

Silva, A. de; Das, I.; Bauer, A.M.; Goonewardene, S. 2004. Vedda rock art in Sri Lanka depicting reptiles with special reference to the golden gecko, Calodactylodes illingworthorum (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Lyriocephalus 5(1-2): 213-220. (Special issue).

Werner, Y.L.; Chernis, E.; Granot, R. 2008. The call of the Sri Lankan golden gecko Calodactylodes illingworthorum, ecological parallel of the Fan-toed Geckos, genus Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Bioacoustics 18(1): 35-49.