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Bibliography of the reptiles of the
Mascarene Islands  [France / Mauritius]

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.


Arnold, E.N. 1980. Recently extinct reptile populations from Mauritius and Reunion, Indian Ocean. Journal of Zoology (London) 191(1): 33-47.

Boulenger, G.A. 1915. A list of the snakes of Madagascar, Comoro, Mascarenes and Seychelles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915: 369-382.

Bour, R. 2007. Les tortues des Mascareignes. Cheloniens 6: 12-21.

Cheke, A.; Hume, J. 2008. The lost land of the dodo: an ecological history of Mauritius, Reunion & Rodrigues. T & AD Poyser, London. 464 pp.

Cheke, A.S. 1987. An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. pp. 5-89, illustr. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.). Studies of Mascarene Island birds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London etc. 458 pp.

Cooper, J.E. 1986. A reference collection of endangered Mascarene specimens. Rephiberary 98: 3-4.

Durrell, G.; Durrell, L.M. 1980. Breeding Mascarene wildlife in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook 20: 112-118.

Grun, M. 1995. Die Herpetofauna der Maskarenen. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 48(5): 310-315.

Henkel, F.W.; Schmidt, W. 1995. Amphibien und Reptilien Madagaskars, der Maskarenen, Seychellen und Komoren. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. 311 pp.

Henkel, F.W.; Schmidt, W. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar and the Mascarene, Seychelles, and Comoro Islands. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 316 pp.

Hoffstetter, R. 1960. Sur la classification des boides de Madagascar et des Mascareignes. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 32: 131-138.

Moutou, F. 1983. Les peuplements de vertebres terrestres des iles Mascareignes. Terre et Vie 37(1): 21-35.

Paull, R.C. 1999. Tortoises of the world. Volume 7: tortoise dodos, Mascarene migration and massacre. Green Nature Books, Homestead, Florida. 64 pp.

Sauzier, T. 1893. Les tortues de terre gigantesques des Mascareignes et de certaines autres îles de la mer des Indes. Paris. 32 pp.

Sauzier, T. 1893. Les tortues de terre gigantesques des Mascareignes et de certaines autres iles de la mer des Indes. Paris. 32 pp.

Schneider, H. 2002. Phelsumen auf Mauritius - eine Situationsstudie. Draco 3(3) (11): 68-76.

Schönecker, P. 2008. Geckos of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarene Islands / Geckos Madagascars, der Seychellen, Komoren und Mascarenen. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt a.M. 144 pp.

Svenningsen, J.S. 2007. Rejse til Mauritius. 1. Gennemgang af daggekkoer af slægten Phelsuma [Trip to Mauritius. 1. A study of day geckoes belonging to the genus Phelsuma]. (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 50(5): 148-154.

Tirvengadum, D.D.; Bour, R. 1985. Checklist of the herpetofauna of the Mascarene Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 292: 49-60.

Trautmann, G. 1997. Die Taggeckos der Gattung Phelsuma auf den Maskarenen. Reptilia (D) 2(8): 54-59.

Vaillant, L. 1899. Nouveaux documents historiques sur les tortues terrestres des Mascareignes et des Seychelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1899: 19-23.

Vinson, J.; Vinson, J.M. 1969. The saurian fauna of the Mascarene Islands. Bulletin Mauritius Institute 6: 203-320.