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Taxonomy of the genus Paroedura Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Paroedura (Madagascar Leaf-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.


Paroedura in general

Aprea, G.; Andreone, F.; Fulgione, D.; Petraccioli, A.; Odierna, G. 2013. Chromosomal rearrangements occurred repeatedly and independently during species diversification in Malagasy geckos, genus Paroedura. African Zoology 48(1): 96-108.

Daoues, K.; Girard, F. 2005. Note on a Malagasy shipment with geckos belonging to the genus Paroedura G nther. Gekko 4(1): 6-7.

Dixon, J.R.; Kroll, J.C. 1974. Resurrection of the generic name Paroedura for the phyllodactyline geckos of Madagascar, and description of a new species. Copeia 1974(1): 24-30.

Glaw, F.; Schmidt, K.; Vences, M. 2003. Nachtgeckos aus Madagaskar. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 56(9): 6-11.

Guib , J. 1956. Revision des esp ces malagaches du genre Phyllodactylus Gray. M moires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (Ser. A) 10: 245-250.

G nther, A. 1879. On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5) 3: 215-219.

Hawlitschek, O.; Glaw, F. 2013. The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta 42(2): 135-150.

Jackman, T.R.; Bauer, A.M.; Greenbaum, E.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the Malagasy-Comoran gecko genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(1): 74-81.

Koubova, M.; Johnson, P.M.; Rovatsos, M.; Farkacova, K.; Altmanova, M.; Kratochvil, L. 2014. Sex determination in Madagascar geckos of the genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae): are differentiated sex chromosomes indeed so evolutionary stable. Chromosome Research 22(4): 441-452.

Liebel, K.; Meyer, M.; Schmidt, W. 2004. Die Madagassischen Grosskopfgeckos (Paroedura). Draco 5(2) (18): 28-39.

Main, H.; Scantlebury, D.P.; Zarkower, D.; Gamble, T. 2012. Karyotypes of two species of Malagasy ground gecko (Paroedura: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 81-90.

Meier, H. 1978. Namenloser Gecko von Madagaskar. Aquarium (Bornheim) 12(108): 269.

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.

Sch necker, P. 2017. Die madagassischen Gro kopfgeckos der Gattung Paroedura. Reptilia (D) 22(125): ?

Starostova, Z.; Kubicka, L.; Kratochvil, L. 2010. Macroevolutionary pattern of sexual size dimorphism in geckos corresponds to intraspecific temperature-induced variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(4): 670-677.

Paroedura bastardi

Dixon, J.R.; Kroll, J.C. 1974. Resurrection of the generic name Paroedura for the phyllodactyline geckos of Madagascar, and description of a new species. Copeia 1974(1): 24-30.

Michels, J.P.; Bauer, A.M. 2004. Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles. Bonner Zoologische Beitr ge 52(1-2): 83-94.

R sler, H. 1998. Zur Behandlung einer Rachitis bei der Aufzucht von Paroedura bastardi (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 1: 193-198.

Sch necker, P. 2006. Madagassische Gro kopfgeckos - Paroedura bastardi, P. picta und P. stumpffi. Natur und Tier-Verlag, M nster. 62 pp.

Paroedura fasciata

Glaw, F.; K hler, J.; Vences, M. 2018. Three new species of nocturnal geckos of the Paroedura oviceps clade from xeric environments of Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4433(2): 305 324.

Paroedura homalorhina

Angel, F. 1936. Mat riaux herp tologiques recueillis Madagascar par M. Roger Heim, charg de mission. Description de deux formes nouvelles. Bulletin du Mus um National d'Histoire Naturelle (Ser. 2) (Paris) 8(2): 125-139.

Angel, F. 1937. Deux gekkos nouveaux de Madagascar appartenant au genre Phyllodactylus. Bulletin de la Soci t Zoologique de France 61: 508-511.

Raxworthy, C.J.; Raselimanana, A.; Ramanamanjato, J.B. 1991. The reptiles and amphibians of Ambatovaky. pp. 3.1-3.13. In: Thompson, P.M. & Evans, M.J. (eds.). A survey of Ambatovaky Special Reserve, Madagascar. Madagascar Environmental Research Group, London. 130pp.

Paroedura hordiesi

Glaw, F.; R sler, H.; Ineich, I.; Gehring, P.S.; K hler, J.; Vences, M. 2014. A new species of nocturnal gecko (Paroedura) from karstic limestone in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 249-259.

Glaw, F.; Vences, M.; Schmidt, K. 2001. A new species of Paroedura G nther from northern Madagascar (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana 24(3): 249-256.

Paroedura ibityensis

R sler, H.; Kruger, J. 1998. Eine neue Unterart von Paroedura bastardi (Mocquard, 1900) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) aus dem zentralen Hochland von Madagaskar. Sauria (Berlin) 20(2): 37-46.

Paroedura karstophila

Glaw, F.; Vences, M.; Schmidt, K. 2001. A new species of Paroedura G nther from northern Madagascar (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana 24(3): 249-256.

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.

Paroedura kloki

Glaw, F.; K hler, J.; Vences, M. 2018. Three new species of nocturnal geckos of the Paroedura oviceps clade from xeric environments of Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4433(2): 305 324.

Paroedura lohatsara

Glaw, F.; Vences, M.; Schmidt, K. 2001. A new species of Paroedura G nther from northern Madagascar (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana 24(3): 249-256.

Paroedura maingoka

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.

Paroedura masobe

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A new rainforest gecko of the genus Paroedura Gunther from Madagascar. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 43-49.

Rosa, G.M.; Noel, J.; Andreone, F. 2011. Confirming a new population of the endangered Paroedura masobe (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the relict Betampona low elevation rainforest, eastern Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 4: 405-407.

Paroedura picta

Berghof, H.P. 2017. Am sante Beobachtung im Lebensraum von Paroedura picta. Reptilia (D) 22(125): ?

Bigos, H.J. 1989. Vermehrungsprobleme bei der Haltung von Paroedura pictus. Elaphe 11(3): 46-47.

Blumberg, M.S.; Lewis, S.J.; Sokoloff, G. 2002. Incubation temperature modulates post-hatching thermoregulatory behavior in the Madagascar Ground Gecko, Paroedura pictus. Journal of Experimental Biology 205(18): 2777-2784.

Brillet, C. 1986. Comportement agonistique et structure sociale du lezard nocturne malgache Paroedura pictus (Peters, 1854) (Sauria, Gekkonidae) etudie au laboratorie. Amphibia-Reptilia 7(3): 237-258.

Brillet, C. 1990. Role des informations olfactives et visuelles dans la discrimination du sexe deux especes de geckos nocturnes: Eublepharis macularius et Paroedura pictus. Biology of Behaviour 15(1): 1-22.

Brillet, C. 1991. Analyse comparative de la structure du comportement sexuel chez deux especes de geckos nocturnes: Eublepharis macularius et Paroedura pictus (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Behaviour 117(1-2): 117-143.

Brillet, C. 1993. Behavioural cues in sex recognition by two species of nocturnal lizards: Eublepharis macularius and Paroedura pictus. Amphibia-Reptilia 14(1): 71-82.

Dark, T.; Dark, A. 2017. Der Madagaskar-Gro kopfgecko Paroedura picta im Terrarium. Teil 1: Allgemeines und Verhalten. Reptilia (D) 22(125): ?

Dark, T.; Dark, A. 2017. Der Madagaskar-Gro kopfgecko Paroedura picta im Terrarium. Teil 2: Fortpflanzung und Aufzucht. Reptilia (D) 22(126): 58-64.

Gardner, C.; Jasper, L. 2012. Paroedura picta in southern Madagascar: diet and predation by the introduced Hemidactylus frenatus. Herpetology Notes 5: 457-458.

Girard, F. 1993. Care and breeding of a Malagasy gecko, Paroedura pictus, (Peters, 1854). Herptile 18(1): 27-29.

Kratochvil, L.; Kubicka, L.; Landova, E. 2006. Yolk hormone levels in the synchronously developing eggs of Paroedura picta, a gecko with genetic sex determination. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(11): 1683-1687.

Kratochvil, L.; Kubicka, L.; Landova, E. 2008. Does the mechanism of sex determination constrain the potential for sex manipulation? A test in geckos with contrasting sex-determination systems. Naturwissenschaften 95(3): 209-215.

Kubicka, L.; Kratochvil, L. 2009. First grow, then breed and finally get fat: hierarchical allocation to life-history traits in a lizard with invariant clutch size. Functional Ecology 23(3): 595-601.

Kubicka, L.; Starostova, Z.; Kratochvil, L. 2012. Temperature-dependent rate of clutch production in a tropical lizard (Paroedura picta: Gekkonidae): intraspecific test of the metabolic theory of ecology. Journal of Thermal Biology 37(3): 179-184.

Manwaring, N. 1992. An easy to manage and prolific ground gecko (Paroedura pictus) from Madagascar. Vivarium (Lakeside) 4(2): 18-22.

Martin, J. 1995. Keeping and breeding the big-headed gecko, Paroedura pictus, in captivity. Herptile 20(1): 13-16.

Noro, M.; Uejima, A.; Abe, G.; Manabe, M.; Tamura, K. 2009. Normal developmental stages of the Madagascar Ground Gecko Paroedura pictus with special reference to limb morphogenesis. Developmental Dynamics 238(1): 100-109.

R sler, H. 1986. Steckbrief: Paroedura pictus (Peters, 1854). Aquaria (St. Gallen) 33(11): 169-175.

Rudge, J. 2003. GGA cares for... Paroedura picta. Chit Chat (Newsletter of the GGA) 12): 7-9.

Sch necker, P. 2006. Madagassische Gro kopfgeckos - Paroedura bastardi, P. picta und P. stumpffi. Natur und Tier-Verlag, M nster. 62 pp.

Schroder, E. 1987. Beobachtungen an 16 Nachzuchtgenerationen des madagassischen Geckos Paroedura pictus (Peters, 1854) (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 23(4): 236-240.

Schroder, E. 1999. Paroedura pictus (Peters). Sauria (Berlin) 21(3): 449-452.

Starostova, Z.; Angilletta, M.J.; Kubicka, L.; Kratochvil, L. 2012. Thermal dependence of reproductive allocation in a tropical lizard. Journal of Thermal Biology 37(3): 159-163.

Weiser, H.; Starostova, Z.; Kubicka, L.; Kratochvil, L. 2012. Overlap of female reproductive cycles explains shortened interclutch interval in a lizard with invariant clutch size (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Paroedura picta). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85(5): 491-498.

Paroedura sanctijohannis

G nther, A. 1879. On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5) 3: 215-219.

Paroedura spelaea

Glaw, F.; K hler, J.; Vences, M. 2018. Three new species of nocturnal geckos of the Paroedura oviceps clade from xeric environments of Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 4433(2): 305 324.

Paroedura stellata

Hawlitschek, O.; Glaw, F. 2013. The complex colonization history of nocturnal geckos (Paroedura) in the Comoros Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta 42(2): 135-150.

Hawlitschek, O.; Vernmeau, N.; Charpentier, M.; Decalf, G.; Glaw, F. 2014. New distribution records of the gecko Paroedura stellata Hawlitschek & Glaw, 2012, endemic to Mayotte Island (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana 37(1): 60.

Volta, K.U.; Berghof, H.P. 2017. Paroedura stellata. Ein seltener Stern am Terraristik-Firmament. Reptilia (D) 22(125): ?

Paroedura stumpffi

Angel, F. 1937. Deux gekkos nouveaux de Madagascar appartenant au genre Phyllodactylus. Bulletin de la Soci t Zoologique de France 61: 508-511.

Gehring, P.S. 2006. Natural history notes: Paroedura stumpffi (Madagascar Ground Gecko). Predation. Herpetological Review 37(2): 225-226.

Glaw, F.; Vences, M.; Schmidt, K. 2001. A new species of Paroedura G nther from northern Madagascar (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Spixiana 24(3): 249-256.

Meier, H. 1978. Wenig bekannte Geckos von Madagaskar. Aquarium (Bornheim) 12(103): 31-33.

Sch necker, P. 2006. Madagassische Gro kopfgeckos - Paroedura bastardi, P. picta und P. stumpffi. Natur und Tier-Verlag, M nster. 62 pp.

Paroedura tanjaka

Ineich, I.; Thierry, B. 2016. Sex and food in a cave during daytime, a possible way to escape predators for the nocturnal Madagascar gekkonid Paroedura tanjaka Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000. Herpetology Notes 9: 187-190.

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.

Paroedura vahiny

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.

Paroedura vazimba

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gunther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 189: 1-26.