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Bibliography of the reptiles of
New Caledonia  [France]

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.


Bauer, A.M. 1985. An annotated bibliography of New Caledonian herpetology. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 66: 1-15.

Bauer, A.M. 1988. Reptiles and the biogeographic interpretation of New Caledonia. Tuatara 30: 39-50.

Bauer, A.M. 1999. The terrestrial reptiles of New Caledonia: the origin and evolution of a highly endemic herpetofauna. pp. 3-25. In: Ota, H. (ed.). Tropical island herpetofauna: origin, current diversity, and conservation. Developments in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 29: 1-353.

Bauer, A.M.; DeVaney, K.D. 1987. Comparative aspects of diet and habitat in some New Caledonian lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia 8(4): 349-364.

Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.R. 2006. Phylogeny and microendemism of the New Caledonian lizard fauna. pp. 9-13. In: Vences, M.; Köhler, J.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (eds.). Herpetologia Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 27 September - 2 October 2005, Bonn, Germany. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Bonn. 262 pp.

Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.R.; Sadlier, R.A.; Whitaker, A.H. 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1-52.

Bauer, A.M.; Sadlier, R.A. 1993. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia. Biodiversity Letters 1(3-4): 107-122.

Bauer, A.M.; Sadlier, R.A. 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 17). SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles), Ithaka (New York). 310 pp.

Bauer, A.M.; Vindum, J.V. 1990. A checklist and key to the herpetofauna of New Caledonia, with remarks on biogeography. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 47(2): 17-45.

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Melanges erpetologiques. 1. Note sur quelques Geckotiens nouveaux ou peu connus de la Nouvelle Caledonie. Jornal Sci. Lisbon 14: 201-207.

Boulenger, G.A. 1883. On the geckos of New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 116-131.

Catala, R. 1950. Contribution a l'étude ecologique des ilots coralliers du Pacifique Sud. Premiers elements d'ecologie terrestre et marine des ilots voisins du littoral de la Nouvelle Caledonie. Bull. biol. Paris 84(3): 234-315.

d'Auzon, J.L. 1986. New Caledonia: campaign for awareness. Marine Turtle Newsletter 38: 2-3.

Ekstrom, J.M.M.; Jones, J.P.G.; Willis, J.; Isherwood, I. 2000. The humid forests of New Caledonia: biological research and conservation recommendations for the vertebrate fauna of Grande Terre. The final report of Project Diadema. CSB Conservation, London. 109 pp.

Etaix-Bonnin, R.; Farman, R.; Geraux, H.; Faninoz, S. 2010. Conservation and population monitoring of Sea Turtles in New Caledonia. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 139-140: 151-165.

Frazer, N.B. 1986. New Caledonia gets new turtle law. Marine Turtle Newsletter 38: 2.

Gail, R.; Rageau, J. 1958. Introduction a l'étude des serpents marins (Ophidiens, Hydrophiidae) en Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bull. Soc. Path. exot. 51: 448-459.

Gerard, A.; Jourdan, H.; Millon, A.; Vidal, E. 2016. Knocking on heaven's door: are novel invaders necessarily facing naive native species on islands. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151545.

Goiran, C.; Shine, R. 2013. Decline in sea snake abundance on a protected coral reef system in the New Caledonian Lagoon. Coral Reefs 32(1): 281-284.

Heads, M. 2008. Biological disjunction along the West Caledonian fault, New Caledonia: a synthesis of molecular phylogenetics and panbiogeography. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158(3): 470-488.

Hopkins, H.C.F.; Bradford, J.C.; Donovan, B.; Pillon, Y.; Munzinger, J.; Fogliani, B. 2015. Floral biology of the Cunoniaceae in New Caledonia and the role of insects, birds and geckos as potential pollinators. Kew Bulletin 70(1): 8.

Ineich, I.; Laboute, P. 2002. Sea snakes of New Caledonia. Faune et Flore Tropicales 39: 1-302.

Ineich, I.; Rasmussen, A.R. 1997. Sea snakes from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Elapidae, Laticaudinae and Hydrophiinae). Zoosystema 19(2-3): 185-192.

Jourdan, H.; Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 2000. Premieres observations sur les consequences de l'invasion de Wasmannia auropunctata 1863 (Roger) sur les predateurs superieurs dans les ecosystemes neo-caledoniens. Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 13: 121-126.

Jourdan, H.; Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 2001. Little fire ant invasion (Wasmannia auropunctata) as a threat to New Caledonian lizards: evidences from a sclerophyll forest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology (A) 38(3): 283-301.

Meier, H. 1979. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf Neukaledonien. Salamandra 15(3): 113-139.

Nielsen, S.V.; Bauer, A.M.; Jackman, T.R.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Daugherty, C.H. 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1): 1-22.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1994. Les d'Entrecasteaux enfin! Report of an expedition to study the Sea Turtles of the d'Entrecasteux reefs, north of New Caledonia. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 341: 143-145.

Rasmussen, A.R.; Ineich, I. 2000. Sea snakes of New Caledonia and surrounding waters (Serpentes: Elapidae): first report on the occurrence of Lapemis curtus and description of a new species from the genus Hydrophis. Hamadryad 25(2): 91-99.

Roux, J. 1913. Les reptiles de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Îles Loyalty. Appendice: Note sur quelques reptiles des Nouvelles-Hebrides, des Îles Banks et Santa Cruz. pp. 79-160. F. Sarasin u. J. Roux, Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie. Bd 1, H. 2., Wiesbaden C. W. Kreidel.

Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1-66.

Saint-Girons, H. 1964. Notes sur l'ecologie et la structure des populations des Laticaudinae (Serpentes, Hydrophidae) en Nouvelle Caledonie. La Terre et la Vie (Paris) 111: 185-214.

Sarasin, F. 1925. Über die Tiergeschichte der Länder des Südwestlichen Pazifischen Ozeans auf Grund von Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Nova Caledonia. Zool. 4(1): 1-127.

Sauvage, H.E. 1878. Note sur les Geckotiens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin de la Science Societe Philomathique de Paris (Ser. 7) 3: 63-73.

Schoenecker, P.; Langner, C. 2012. Neue Namen und alte Bekannte – Gattungsrevision der Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos (Rhacodactylus) und weiterer Geckogattungen Neukaledoniens. Terraria-Elaphe 2012(38): 58-65.

Smith, S.A.; Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Jackman, T.R. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: Evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(3): 1151-1166.

Trouessart, E. 1898. Sur la non-existence des Serpents venimeux terrestres a la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 23: 186-187.

Vosjoli, P. de 1995. Notes from a herpetological field trip to New Caledonia, part one. Account from the daily journals of Philippe de Vosjoli and Frank Fast. Vivarium (Lakeside) 6(5): 4-7, 12, 14-17, 36-38, 40-43.

Vosjoli, P. de; Fast, F. 1995. Notes from a herpetological field trip to New Caledonia, part two. Notes on three species of New Caledonian geckos of the genus Rhacodactylus. Vivarium (Lakeside) 6(6): 26-29, 53-54.

Watari, Y.; Caut, S.; Bonnaud, E.; Bourgeois, K.; Courchamp, F. 2011. Recovery of both a mesopredator and prey in an insular ecosystem after the eradication of rodents: a preliminary study. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 42: 377-383.

Watkins-Colwell, G.J. 2003. Gecko hunting in New Caledonia. Gekko 3(2): 2-8.