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Taxonomy of the genus Diplodactylus Biodiversity of the family Diplodactylidae

Bibliography of the genus
Diplodactylus (Australian Ground and Stone 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.


Diplodactylus in general

Aplin, K.P.; Adams, M. 1998. Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81(4): 201-223.

Bauer, A.M.; Russell, A.P.; Rosenberg, H.I. 1989. Formal taxa, species groups, and perception of the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 27(1): 44-48.

Bustard, R. 1964. Defensive behaviour shown by Australian geckos, genus Diplodactylus. Herpetologica 20: 198-200.

Hay, C. 2002. Notes on the morphological variation, husbandry and captive reproduction of the spiny-tailed gecko Diplodactylus sp. (D. ciliaris?). Crocodilian 4(1): 45-47.

How, R.A.; Dell, J.; Wellington, B.D. 1986. Comparative biology of eight species of Diplodactylus gecko in Western Australia. Herpetologica 42(4): 471-482.

Hutchinson, M.N.; Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167: 25-46.

Kluge, A.G. 1965. The Australian gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray: an evolutionary and zoogeographical study. Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Southern California. pp. 139-141.

Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108.

Melville, J.; Schulte, J.A.; Larson, A. 2004. A molecular study of phylogenetic relationships and evolution of antipredator strategies in Australian Diplodactylus geckos, subgenus Strophurus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82(1): 123-138.

Oliver, P.; Hugall, A.; Adams, M.; Cooper, S.J.B.; Hutchinson, M. 2007. Genetic elucidation of cryptic and ancient diversity in a group of Australian diplodactyline geckos: The Diplodactylus vittatus complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1): 77-88.

Oliver, P.M.; Adams, M.; Lee, M.S.Y.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Doughty, P. 2009. Cryptic diversity in vertebrates: molecular data double estimates of species diversity in a radiation of Australian lizards (Diplodactylus, Gekkota). Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 276(1664): 2001-2007.

Oliver, P.M.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55(3): 197-210.

Pepper, M.; Doughty, P.; Keogh, J.S. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 539-555.

Pianka, E.R.; Pianka, H.D. 1976. Comparative ecology of twelve species of nocturnal lizards (Gekkonidae) in the Western Australia desert. Copeia 1976(1): 125-142.

Rosenberg, H.I.; Russell, A.P. 1980. Structural and functional aspects of tail squirting: a unique defense mechanism of Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 58(5): 865-881.

Russell, A.P.; Rosenberg, H.I. 1981. Subgeneric classification in the gekkonid genus Diplodactylus. Herpetologica 37(2): 86-92.

Storr, G.M. 1979. The Diplodactylus vittatus complex (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7(4): 391-402.

Diplodactylus ameyi

Couper, P.J.; Oliver, P.M. 2016. A new species of gecko from arid inland regions of eastern Australia (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 525-538.

Diplodactylus barraganae

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus bilybara

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus calcicolus

Hutchinson, M.N.; Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167: 25-46.

Diplodactylus capensis

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M.; Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247-265.

Diplodactylus conspicillatus

Baker, C.; Brattstrom, B.H. 1996. Burrow plugging by the fat-tailed gecko, Diplodactylus conspicillatus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(2): 51-52.

Jones, P. 1991. A record of Diplodactylus conspicillatus in New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 20-22.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

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

Lawless, P.B. 1995. Brush-footed trapdoor (Ozicrypta sp.) burrows and geckos at Wando Vale, NEQ. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 470.

Morris, K.D.; Rice, G.E. 1981. Some vertebrates recorded on a visit to Queen Victoria Spring in December 1977. Western Australian Naturalist 15(1): 11-13.

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Read, J.L. 1999. Longevity, reproductive effort and movements of three sympatric Australian arid-zone geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology 47(3): 307-316.

Read, J.L.; Kovac, K.J.; Brook, B.W.; Fordham, D.A. 2012. Booming during a bust: asynchronous population responses of arid zone lizards to climatic variables. Acta Oecologica 40: 51-61.

Storr, G.M. 1988. Three new Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the arid zone of Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 217-223.

Diplodactylus custos

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus fulleri

Storr, G.M. 1978. Seven new gekkonid lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 337-352.

Diplodactylus galaxias

Doughty, P.; Pepper, M.; Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393: 33-45.

Diplodactylus galeatus

Kluge, A.G. 1963. Three new species of the gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 14(3): 545-553.

Laube, A.; Seipp, R. 1999. Erste Erfahrungen bei der Pflege und Zucht von Diplodactylus galeatus Kluge, 1963. Sauria (Berlin) 21(1): 29-32.

Diplodactylus granariensis

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

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M.; Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247-265.

Storr, G.M. 1979. The Diplodactylus vittatus complex (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7(4): 391-402.

Storr, G.M. 1988. Three new Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the arid zone of Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 217-223.

Diplodactylus hillii

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus kenneallyi

Storr, G.M. 1988. Three new Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the arid zone of Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 217-223.

Diplodactylus klugei

Aplin, K.P.; Adams, M. 1998. Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81(4): 201-223.

Diplodactylus laevis

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus lateroides

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 44-65.

Diplodactylus mitchelli

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M.; Adams, M. 2008. Systematics of stone geckos in the genus Diplodactylus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from northwestern Australia, with a description of a new species from the northwest Cape, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24(3): 247-265.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. Three new species of the gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 14(3): 545-553.

Diplodactylus nebulosus

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 44-65.

Diplodactylus ornatus

Edwards, D.L.; Keogh, J.S.; Knowles, L.L. 2012. Effects of vicariant barriers, habitat stability, population isolation and environmental features on species divergence in the south-western Australian coastal reptile community. Molecular Ecology 21(15): 3809-3822.

Diplodactylus platyurus

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Pepper, M. 2014. Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLoS ONE 9(12): e111895.

Diplodactylus polyophthalmus

Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2013. Systematics of Diplodactylus (Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot: redefinition of D. polyophthalmus and the description of two new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28(1): 44-65.

Johnstone, B.M.; Werner, Y.L. 2001. Hearing in some Australian geckos (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonomorpha) as tested electrophysiologically. Herpetological Natural History 8(1): 49-56.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Diplodactylus pulcher

Aplin, K.P.; Adams, M. 1998. Morphological and genetic discrimination of new species and subspecies of gekkonid and scincid lizards (Squamata: Lacertilia) from the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 81(4): 201-223.

Dell, J. 1983. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of Bendering Nature Reserve. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(1): 71-72.

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

Lucas, A.H.S.; Frost, C. 1903. Description of two new Australian lizards, Varanus spenceri and Diplodactylus bilineatus. Proceedings Soc. Victoria (2) 15: 145-147.

Storr, G.M. 1988. Three new Diplodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from the arid zone of Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 217-223.

Diplodactylus savagei

Doughty, P.; Pepper, M.; Keogh, J.S. 2010. Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2393: 33-45.

Kluge, A.G. 1963. Three new species of the gekkonid lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 14(3): 545-553.

Diplodactylus tessellatus

Henle, K. 1987. Population ecology and life history of lizards in an arid environment. pp. 187-190. In: van Gelder, J.J.; Strijbosch, H. & Bergers, P.J.M. (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Faculty of Sciences, Nijmegen. 473 pp.

Henle, K. 1990. Population ecology and life history of three terrestrial geckos in arid Australia. Copeia 1990(3): 759-781.

King, M. 1973. Chromosomes of two Australian lizards of the families Scincidae and Gekkonidae. Cytologia 38(2): 205-210.

Laube, A. 1997. Diplodactylus tessellatus (Gunther). Sauria (Berlin) 19(3): 413-416.

Laube, A. 2002. Captive maintenance and breeding of some ground dwelling Australian geckos. Part II: Diplodactylus byrnei Lucas and Frost, 1896 D. tessellatus (Gunther, 1875) and D. steindachneri Boulenger, 1885. Gekko 2(2): 12-18.

Michael, D.R.; Lindenmayer, D.B. 2011. Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia. Check List 7(5): 578-580.

Oliver, P.; Hutchinson, M.; Hutchinson, R. 2007. Karyotypic variation in the Australian gecko Diplodactylus tessellatus, with the description of a new karyotypic complement for diplodactyline geckos. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 540-543.

Diplodactylus vittatus

Bustard, R. 1965. Observations on Australian geckos. Herpetologica 21: 294-302.

Bustard, R. 1968. Temperature dependant activity in the Australian gecko Diplodactylus vittatus. Copeia 1968: 606-612.

King, M. 1977. Chromosomal and morphometric variation in the gekko Diplodactylus vittatus (Gray). Australian Journal of Zoology 25(1): 43-57.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Storr, G.M. 1979. The Diplodactylus vittatus complex (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7(4): 391-402.

Diplodactylus wiru

Hutchinson, M.N.; Doughty, P.; Oliver, P.M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia. Zootaxa 2167: 25-46.