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Taxonomy of the genus Nactus Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Nactus (Hook-toed 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.


Nactus in general

Bullock, D.J.; Arnold, E.N.; Bloxam, Q. 1985. A new endemic gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Mauritius. Journal of Zoology (A) 206(4): 591-599.

Cole, N.C.; Jones, C.G.; Harris, S. 2005. The need for enemy-free space: The impact of an invasive gecko on island endemics. Biological Conservation 125(4): 467-474.

Heinicke, M.P.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of Pacific Nactus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) and the diphyly of Australian species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(7-18): 633-646.

Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Acta Herpetologica 3(1): 1-18.

Kluge, A.G. 1983. Cladistic relationships among gekkonid lizards. Copeia 1983(2): 465-475.

Kraus, F. 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan region. Zootaxa 1061: 1-28.

Rösler, H.; Glaw, F.; Günther, R. 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64.

Ulber, T.; Gericke, F. 1988. Zur Problematik der Verwandtschaftsverhaltnisse in der Gattung Cyrtodactylus Gray 1827 und Bemerkungen zur Gattung Nactus Kluge 1983 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). - Der Versuch einer - auch philosophischen - Analyse. Veröffentlichungen Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg Schleusingen 3: 67-74.

Zug, G.R.; Fisher, R.N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa 3257: 22-37.

Nactus acutus

Kraus, F. 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan region. Zootaxa 1061: 1-28.

Nactus cheverti

Zug, G.R. 1998. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 613-626.

Nactus coindemirensis

Arnold, E.N.; Jones, C.G. 1994. The night geckos of the genus Nactus in the Mascarene Islands with a description of the distinctive population on Round Island. Dodo 30: 119-131.

Bullock, D.J.; Arnold, E.N.; Bloxam, Q. 1985. A new endemic gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Mauritius. Journal of Zoology (A) 206(4): 591-599.

Cole, N. 2005. The new noisy neighbours: impacts of alien House Geckos on endemics in Mauritius. Aliens (Auckland) 22: 8-10.

Nactus eboracensis

Zug, G.R. 1998. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 613-626.

Nactus galgajuga

Ingram, G.J. 1978. A new species of gecko, genus Cyrtodactylus from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Victorian Naturalist 95(4): 142-146.

Nactus kunan

Zug, G.R.; Fisher, R.N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa 3257: 22-37.

Nactus multicarinatus

Eckstut, M.E.; Hamilton, A.M.; Austin, C.C. 2013. Variable unisexuals and uniform bisexuals: morphology, genetics, and biogeography of the Nactus pelagicus complex on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Herpetologica 69(2): 199-213.

Zug, G.R.; Moon, B.R. 1995. Systematics of the Pacific slender-toed geckos, Nactus pelagicus complex: Oceania, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands populations. Herpetologica 51(1): 77-90.

Nactus pelagicus

Buden, D.W. 1995. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Mokil and Pingelap Atolls, eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 28(1): 9-23.

Buden, D.W. 1996. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Ant Atoll, eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 29(1): 21-36.

Buden, D.W. 1999. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Oroluk Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 31(2): 289-300.

Donnellan, S.C.; Moritz, C. 1995. Genetic diversity of bisexual and parthenogenetic populations of the Tropical Gecko Nactus pelagicus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 51(2): 140-154.

Eckstut, M.E.; Hamilton, A.M.; Austin, C.C. 2013. Variable unisexuals and uniform bisexuals: morphology, genetics, and biogeography of the Nactus pelagicus complex on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Herpetologica 69(2): 199-213.

Geneva, A.J.; Bauer, A.M.; Sadlier, R.A.; Jackman, T.R. 2013. Terrestrial herpetofauna of Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, with an emphasis on its surrounding islands. Pacific Science 67(4): 571-590.

Gibbons, J.R.H.; Zug, G.R. 1987. Life history notes: Gehyra, Hemidactylus, and Nactus (Pacific geckos). Eggs and hatchlings. Herpetological Review 18(2): 35-36.

Hawley, N. 2003. Geographic distribution: Nactus pelagicus (Rock Gecko). USA: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Anatahan. Herpetological Review 34(3): 262.

Ineich, I. 1995. Book reviews. Das Tierreich. The Animal Kingdom. Part 109. Family Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria). I. Australia and Oceania. Herpetological Review 26(3): 159-162.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1647. Heteronota pelagica Girard, 1857 (currently Gymnodactylus, Cyrtodactylus or Nactus pelagicus; Reptilia, Sauria): given precedence over Gymnodactylus arnouxii Dumeril, 1851. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(2): 185-186.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. The systematic status of certain Australian and New Guinean gekkonid lizards. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14(3): 77-86.

Kluge, A.G. 1989. Comment on the specific name (arnouxii Dumeril, 1851 or pelagica Girard, 1857) of a Pacific-basin gekkonid lizard. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(1): 46-48.

Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112.

Marshall, J.T. 1951. Vertebrate ecology of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scientific investigations in Micronesia. Atoll Research Bulletin 3-4: 1-38.

Moritz, C. 1987. Parthenogenesis in the tropical gekkonid lizard, Nactus arnouxii (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Evolution 41(6): 1252-1266.

Moritz, C.; King, D. 1985. Cytogenetic perspectives on parthenogenesis in the Gekkonidae. pp. 327-337. In: Grigg, G.; Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty & the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton (NSW). 527 pp.

Ulber, T.M. 2005. Tauchen als Feindvermeidungsstrategie beim Gecko Nactus (Nactus) pelagicus pelagicus (Girard, 1858), nebst Bemerkungen zu Haltung und Nachzucht. Sauria (Berlin) 27(1): 27-30.

Zug, G.R. 1985. Cyrtodactylus pelagicus: correct usage. Herpetological Review 16(3): 67.

Zug, G.R. 1989. Case 2527. Heteronota pelagica Girard, 1857 (currently Gymnodactylus, Cyrtodactylus or Nactus pelagicus; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(1): 38-40.

Zug, G.R. 1998. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 613-626.

Zug, G.R.; Moon, B.R. 1995. Systematics of the Pacific slender-toed geckos, Nactus pelagicus complex: Oceania, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands populations. Herpetologica 51(1): 77-90.

Nactus serpensinsula

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

Arnold, E.N.; Jones, C.G. 1994. The night geckos of the genus Nactus in the Mascarene Islands with a description of the distinctive population on Round Island. Dodo 30: 119-131.

Cole, N. 2005. The new noisy neighbours: impacts of alien House Geckos on endemics in Mauritius. Aliens (Auckland) 22: 8-10.

Garbutt, N. 1992. The reptiles of Round Island, Mauritius. Herptile 17(4): 157-170.

Loveridge, A. 1951. A new gecko of the genus Gymnodactylus from Serpent Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 64: 91-92.

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.

North, S.G.; Bullock, D.J.; Dulloo, M.E. 1993. Changes in the vegetation and reptile populations on Round Island, Mauritius, following eradication of rabbits. Biological Conservation 67(1): 21-28.

Tonge, S. 1989. A preliminary account of changes in reptile populations on Round Island following the eradication of rabbits. Dodo 26: 8-17.

Nactus sphaerodactylodes

Kraus, F. 2005. The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan region. Zootaxa 1061: 1-28.