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Taxonomy of the genus Gigarcanum Biodiversity of the family Diplodactylidae

Bibliography of the genus
Gigarcanum (Enigma Giant Gecko)

(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.


Gigarcanum delcourti

Anonymous. 1990. Search for giant gecko intensifies. ISC Newsletter 9(4): 1-4.

Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 30: 1-218.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. 1986. Hoplodactylus delcourti n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), the largest known gecko. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13(1): 141-148.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. 1987. Hoplodactylus delcourti (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) and the kawekaweau of Maori folklore. Journal of Ethnobiology 7(1): 83-91.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. 1988. Osteological evidence for the prior occurrence of a giant gecko in Otago, New Zealand. Cryptozoology 7: 22-37.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P. 1991. Recent advances in the search for the living giant gecko of New Zealand. Cryptozoology 9: 66-73.

Gutsche, A. 2012. Vermisst: Delcourts Riesengecko (Hoplodactylus delcourti). Terraria-Elaphe 2012(36): 102.

Macredie, G. 1996. Stories of the giant kaweau. Dactylus 3(1): 13-15.

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.

Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 1986. Le gecko geant Hoplodactylus delcourti et ses relations avec le gigantisme et l'endemisme insulaire chez les Gekkonidae. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 46(1): 25-28.

Russell, A.P.; Bauer, A.M. 1991. The giant gecko Hoplodactylus delcourti and its relations to gigantism in insular endemism in the Gekkonidae. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 26(2): 26-30. (Translated from Mesogee 46 1986 with additions & corrections).

Whitaker, T. 1992. Was the kawekaweau the world's largest gecko! Forest & Bird (Wellington) 23(2): 44-46.