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Taxonomy of the genus Blaesodactylus Biodiversity of the family Gekkonidae

Bibliography of the genus
Blaesodactylus (Madagascar Velvet 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.


Blaesodactylus in general

Böhme, W.; Meier, H. 1980. Revision der madagassischen Homopholis (Blaesodactylus)-Arten (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60(5-6): 303-315.

Gardner, C.J.; Jasper, L.D. 2015. A fish-scaled gecko (Geckolepis sp.) escapes predation by a velvet gecko (Blaesodactylus sp.) through skin shedding. Herpetology Notes 8: 479-481.

Greenbaum, E.; Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.R. 2007. Homopholis and Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) revisited: new insights from a molecular phylogeny. African Journal of Herpetology 56(2): 101-114.

Kluge, A.G.; Nussbaum, R.A. 1995. A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata). Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 183: 1-20.

Russell, A.P. 1978. The status of the lizard genera Blaesodactylus Boettger and Homopholis Boulenger (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Copeia 1978(1): 25-29.

Blaesodactylus ambonihazo

Bauer, A.M.; Glaw, F.; Gehring, P.S.; Vences, M. 2011. New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2942: 57-68.

Ikeuchi, I.; Mori, A. 2014. Natural history of a Madagascan gecko Blaesodactylus ambonihazo in a dry deciduous forest. Current Herpetology 33(2): 161-170.

Blaesodactylus antongilensis

Krause, P. 2010. Erste Erfahrungen bei der Haltung und Zucht des Madagassischen Spreizfingergeckos Blaeosodactylus antongilensis (Böhme & Meier, 1980). Sauria (Berlin) 32(2): 57-62.

Blaesodactylus boivini

DeWitt, C. 1996. Captive husbandry and breeding of the Madagascaran gecko Homopholis boivini. Dactylus 3(1): 36-39.

Schlüter, U. 2001. Riesengeckos von Madagaskar. Homopholis boivini (Dumeril, 1856) im Terrarium. Reptilia (D) 6(28): 60-63.

Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus

Jono, T.; Bauer, A.M.; ; Brennan, I.; Mori, A. 2015. New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy karstic outcrops in Ankarana National Park, northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3980(3): 406–416.

Blaesodactylus sakalava

Foelling, M.; Knogge, C.; Böhme, W. 2001. Geckos are milking honeydew-producing planthoppers in Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 35(2): 279-284.

Blaesodactylus victori

Ineich, I.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 2016. A new species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tsingy limestone outcrops in Namoroka National Park, north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 4109(5): 523-541.