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Taxonomy of the genus Oedura Biodiversity of the family Diplodactylidae

Bibliography of the genus
Oedura (Common Australian Velvet Geckos)

(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.


Oedura in general

Bustard, R. 1966. The Oedura tryoni complex: East Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 14: 1-14.

Bustard, R. 1967. Reproduction in the Australian gekkonid genus Oedura Gray 1842. Herpetologica 23: 276-284.

Bustard, R. 1970. Oedura marmorata, a complex of Australian geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 21-40.

Cogger, H.G. 1957. Investigations in the gekkonid genus Oedura Gray. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 167-179.

Cogger, H.G. 1965. The comparative osteology and systematic status of the gekkonid genera Afroedura Loveridge and Oedura Gray. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89: 364-372.

Laube, A.; Langer, A. 2007. Australische Samtgeckos - Die Gattung Oedura. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 62 pp.

Oliver, P.M.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Jackman, T.R.; Hobbie, T. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): another plesiomorphic grade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2): 255-264.

Oliver, P.M.; Smith, K.L.; Laver, R.J.; Doughty, P.; Adams, M. 2014. Contrasting patterns of persistence and diversification in vicars of a widespread Australian lizard lineage (the Oedura marmorata complex). Journal of Biogeography 41(11): 2068-2079.

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. 1990. Oedura and Afroedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) revisited: similarities of digital design, and constraints on the development of multiscansorial subdigital pads? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(3): 473-486.

Schmida, G. 2007. Betrachtungen zu den australischen Samtgeckos der Gattung Oedura. Draco 8(1) (29): 22-30.

Zwinenberg, A.J. 1973. Australian geckos of the genus Oedura Gray, 1942. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 8(3-4): 39-42.

Zwinenberg, A.J. 1978. Australia's velvet geckos, genus Oedura, Gray 1842. Herp 14(1): 26-31.

Oedura argentea

Hoskin, C.J.; Zozaya, S.M.; Vanderduys, E. 2018. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4486(2): 101–124.

Oedura bella

Oliver, P.M.; Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the Marbled Velvet Geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151-176.

Oedura castelnaui

Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 39: 1-14.

Hoskin, C.J.; Zozaya, S.M.; Vanderduys, E. 2018. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from sandstone habitats of inland north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 4486(2): 101–124.

Laube, A. 1994. Oedura castelnaui (Thominot). Sauria (Berlin) 16(3): 297-302.

Richards, B.C.; Brattstrom, B.H.; Brattstrom, M.A. 1998. Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos. Dactylus 3(3): 97-102.

Rösler, H. 1987. Durch Nachzucht erhalten: der Nördliche Samtgecko. Aquarien Magazin 21(10): 400-403.

Oedura cincta

Oliver, P.M.; Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the Marbled Velvet Geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151-176.

Oedura coggeri

Richards, B.C.; Brattstrom, B.H.; Brattstrom, M.A. 1998. Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos. Dactylus 3(3): 97-102.

Oedura filicipoda

King, M. 1984. Three new species of Oedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Mitchell Plateau of north Western Australia. Amphibia-Reptilia 5(3-4): 329-337.

Porter, R. 2003. The Fringe-toed Velvet Gecko Oedura filicipoda King, 1984: some notes on its natural history and the first recorded details of its captive maintenance and breeding. Gekko 3(2): 9-16.

Oedura fimbria

Oliver, P.M.; Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the Marbled Velvet Geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151-176.

Oedura gemmata

King, M.; Gow, G. 1983. A new species of Oedura (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the Alligator Rivers region of northern Australia. Copeia 1983(2): 445-449.

Oedura gracilis

King, M. 1984. Three new species of Oedura (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Mitchell Plateau of north Western Australia. Amphibia-Reptilia 5(3-4): 329-337.

Oedura jowalbinna

Hoskin, C.J.; Higgie, M. 2008. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1788: 21-36.

Oedura luritja

Oliver, P.M.; McDonald, P.J. 2016. Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160018. 16 pp.

Oedura marmorata

Angilletta, M.J.; Montgomery, L.G.; Werner, Y.L. 1999. Temperature preference in geckos: diel variation in juveniles and adults. Herpetologica 55(2): 212-222.

Angilletta, M.J.; Werner, Y.L. 1998. Australian geckos do not display diel variation in thermoregulatory behavior. Copeia 1998(3): 736-742.

Bedford, G.; Christian, K.A. 1998. Changes in tail color after autotomy in the gekkonid lizard Oedura marmorata, from Australia. Dactylus 3(3): 127-130.

Christian, K.A.; Bedford, G.; Green, B.; Schultz, T.; Newgrain, K. 1998. Energetics and water flux of the marbled velvet gecko (Oedura marmorata) in tropical and temperate habitats. Oecologia (Berlin) 116(3): 336-342.

Eipper, S.C. 2004. A range extension for the marbled velvet gecko Oedura marmorata in southwestern New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(2): 125.

Glauert, L. 1955. Herpetological miscellanea. Western Australian Naturalist 4(8): 174-184.

Holland, D. 1992. Extending the known southern range of the marbled velvet gecko Oedura marmorata (Gray). South Australian Naturalist 66(3): 49-51.

King, M.; Gow, G. 1983. A new species of Oedura (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the Alligator Rivers region of northern Australia. Copeia 1983(2): 445-449.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.

Miller, B. 1980. The occurrence of the marbled velvet gecko Oedura marmorata (Gray) in South Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12(1): 13-15.

Oliver, P.M.; Doughty, P. 2016. Systematic revision of the Marbled Velvet Geckos (Oedura marmorata species complex, Diplodactylidae) from the Australian arid and semi-arid zones. Zootaxa 4088(2): 151-176.

Oliver, P.M.; Smith, K.L.; Laver, R.J.; Doughty, P.; Adams, M. 2014. Contrasting patterns of persistence and diversification in vicars of a widespread Australian lizard lineage (the Oedura marmorata complex). Journal of Biogeography 41(11): 2068-2079.

Schmida, G.E. 1974. Nachtgespenster des australischen Busches-Geckos: ein Reisebericht. Aquarien Magazin 8(4): 162-167.

Werner, Y.L.; Bouskila, A.; Davies, S.J.J.F.; Werner, N. 1997. Observations and comments on active foraging in geckos. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(1): 34-39.

Werner, Y.L.; Montgomery, L.G.; Safford, S.D.; Igic, P.G.; Saunders, J.C. 1998. How body size affects middle-ear structure and function and auditory sensitivity in gekkonoid lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 201(4): 487-502.

Werner, Y.L.; Rickert, M.; Schroeder, E. 2001. Polysyllabic calls of diplodactyline geckos, genera Oedura and Rhacodactylus. Herpetological Natural History 8(1): 37-48.

Oedura monilis

Fry, D.B. 1915. Herpetological Notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 60-95.

Goodman, B.A.; Torr, G. 2013. Lutch traits and clutch size-body size relationships in the gecko Oedura monilis. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(2): 579-580.

Richards, B.C.; Brattstrom, B.H.; Brattstrom, M.A. 1998. Microhabitat utilization by some Queensland, Australia geckos. Dactylus 3(3): 97-102.

Rowley, J.L.; Puschendorf, R.; Cashins, S. 2007. Plant consumption in Australian geckos: sap feeding by the ocellated velvet gecko Oedura monilis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(1): 8-10.

Oedura murrumanu

Oliver, P.M.; Laver, R.J.; Melville, J.; Doughty, P. 2014. A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3873(1): 49–61.

Oedura tryoni

Bustard, R. 1966. The Oedura tryoni complex: East Australian rock-dwelling geckos. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 14: 1-14.

Firth, B.T. 1979. Panting thresholds of lizards: role of the eyes in panting in a gecko Oedura tryoni. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 64(1): 121-123.

Laube, A. 2001. Erfahrungen bei der Haltung und Zucht von Oedura tryoni de Vis, 1884. Sauria (Berlin) 23(4): 41-46.

Milton, D. 1980. An example of community egglaying in Oedura tryoni (De Vis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 11(2): 28-29.

Minton, S.A. 1978. If your own skin doesn't taste good, try someone else's. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 13(2): 49.

Porter, R. 1998. Captive breeding and maintenance of Tryon's velvet gecko (Oedura tryoni). Dactylus 3(3): 131-137.

Porter, R. 2000. Oedura tryoni. Chit Chat (Newsletter of the GGA) 5): 6-7; 12.