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Bibliography of the reptiles of the
Cook Islands

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.


Clapp, R.B. 1977. Notes on the vertebrate fauna of Tongareva Atoll. Atoll Research Bulletin 198: 1-8.

Crombie, R.I.; Steadman, D.W. 1986. The lizards of Rarotonga and Mangaia, Cook Island Group, Oceania. Pacific Science 40(1-4): 44-57.

Gill, B.J. 1998. Records of Cook Islands lizards. Tuhinga Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 10: 151-157.

McCann, C. 1974. Reptiles from Manihiki Atoll. Memoirs N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 31: 61-63.

White, M. 2013. The first study of sea turtles at Rarotonga, southern Cook Islands. Testudo 7(5): 12-29.

White, M. 2014. Tongareva Atoll: the most important sea turtle habitat in the Cook Islands. Testudo 8(1): 19-37.

White, M.; Galbraith, G. 2013. Rakahanga Atoll: sea turtles at a remote site in Oceania. Testudo 7(5): 30-48.

Zug, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific islands. A comprehensive guide. University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles. 306 pp.