Gekko

the Journal of the Global Gecko Association

Gekko, the Journal of the Global Gecko Association contains articles and papers, book reviews, interviews and  other items of interest that reflect the full breadth of the GGA's objectives. Authors will be from both the herpetocultural and professional herpetological  areas of study. Issues of Gekko are available in the GGA Bookstore.

Volume 6, Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

Beate Roll

The turquoise blue dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Andrew Tedder

Inbreeding depression and its effects on captive Uroplatus populations

Raju Vyas & Bhavesh Trivedi

Three Instances of “Backward” Swallowing of Gecko Prey By Snakes

Farhang Torki

Distribution, Lifestyle, and Behavioral Aspects of the Iranian Fat-Tailed Gecko, Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson and Leviton, 1966

D.M.S.S. Karunarathna, A.A.T. Amarasinghe, U.T.I. Abeywardena, M.D.C. Asela, H.B. Jayaneththi, P.L. Madurapperuma

Some Observations of Cnemapis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilla: Gekkonidae) in Sri Landa

Hans-Peter Berghof

A Very Pleasant Terrarium Gekko: Phelsuma guttata Kaudern, 1922

Herve Saint Dizier, Dr. Caroline Veret

On three cases of cornea ulceration on nocturnal geckonids and on the possible negative effects of UVB bulbs

Jon Boone

Field notes and reproduction in the genus Colopus

Bruce C. Gates

Day Geckos of Damaraland: Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926, Rhoptropus boultoni Schmidt, 1933, and Rhoptropus diporus Haacke, 1965

D.K. Hettiarachchi, S.M. Wellappuliarachchi, Anslem de Silva, M.M. Goonasekera, Aaron M. Bauer, John Rudge

Mihintale Sanctuary: A Hotspot for the Endangered Dwarf day gecko Cnemaspis podihuna

Volume 5, Issue 2

Author(s)

Subject

Bruce C. Gates

Day Geckos of the Namib Desert: Rhoptropus afer Peters, 1869 and Rhoptropus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1935

Yehudah L. Werner

Tales of Tails

Tony Jewell

Hoplodactylus rakiurae: New Zealand's Enigmatic Harlequin

Francis Girard

The Feeding in Captivity of Two Small Australian Terrestrial Termite-eating Geckos: Rhynchoedura ornata Gunther, 1867 and Diplodactylus conspicillatus Lucas and Frost, 1897

Sayantan Biswas

A Possible Occurrence of Regional Integumentary Loss in Cnemaspis heteropholis from Southern India

Farhang Torki, Ahmad Gharzi, Farzaneh Nazari-Serenjeh, Soheila Javanmardi, Nasrin Heidari, Anahita Azizpourian, Soghra Mahdavi and Mohammad Ali Mahdavi-Zarkhoni

Geckos of the Genera Tropiocolotes and Asaccus in the Zagros Mountains, Iran

Mendis Wickramasinghe & Ruchira Somaweera

Changes in the Distribution Ranges of the Sri Lankan Hemidactylus Species

Raju Vyas

An Endemic Gecko of Gujarat State, India: Hemidactylus porbandarensis Sharma, 1981

Volume 5, Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

Bruce C. Gates

Observations of the Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus scherzi Mertens, 1954 Near the Brandberg, Namibia

Sean C. Foley

Husbandry and Reproduction of the Spiny Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus pietschmanni) at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

Francis Girard

Observing Pachydactylus punctatus W. Peters, 1854, a Small Ground-Dwelling Gecko from Southern Africa, in its Natural Habitat and in Captivity

Indraneil Das and Jeet Sukumaran

Confirmation of Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 from Borneo

Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic and Gilson A. Rivas Fuenmayor

Notes on the Natural History and Geographic Distribution of Gonatodes petersi Donoso-Barros, 1967 (Sauria; Gekkonidae): An Endemic and Poorly Known Gecko of the Sierra de Perija, Venezuela

Hans-Peter Berghof

Phelsuma berghofi Kruger, 1996-Biology, Husbandry and Propagation

Kenneth L. Krysko and A. Nichole Hooper

Potential Pollination of Nonnative Coconut Palms, Cocos nucifera
(Arecales: Arecaceae), by Nonnative Madagascar Giant Day Geckos,
Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis (Sauria: Gekkonidae), in the Florida Keys

Tony Gamble, Jodi L. Aherns, and Virginia Card

Tyrosinase Activity in the Skin of Three Strains of Albino Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)

Volume 4, Issue 2

Author(s)

Subject

Aaron M. Bauer, Varad Giri, Sameer Kehimkar and Ishan Agarwal

Notes on Hemidactylus gracilis Blanford 1870, a Poorly Known Indian Gecko

Ruchira Somaweera

A Bark Gecko (Hemidactylus leschenaultii) Preying on a Wolf Snake (Lycodon striatus sinhaleyus)

Indraneil Das

Bornean Geckos of the Genus Cyrtodactylus

Muhammad Sharif Khan

An Overview of the Angular-toed Geckos of Pakistan (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Justin Gerlach

Ailuronyx trachygaster—the Best View Yet!

Anslem de Silva, Aaron M. Bauer, B.J.K. Perera, R.L. Jayaratne, M. Goonasekera, S. Goonawardena, Z. Hawke, V. Vanneck, A. Drion

Some Aspects of the Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Geckos

Alan Myers

Reproduction in the Rough-snouted Gecko Rhacodactylus trachyrhynchus trachycephalus (Boulenger, 1878)

Karim Daoues and Francis Girard

Note on the Leaf-tail Geckos of the Uroplatus ebenaui-Group

Nimal D. Rathnayake

The Great Rock Gecko (Calodactylodes illingworthorum) of Sri Lanka

Volume 4, Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

 

Gilson Rivas Fuenmayor and César R. Molina

Field Observations of the Lizard Gonatodes annularis Boulenger, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Venezuela

 

Karim Daoues & Francis Girard

Note on a Malagasy Shipment with Geckos Belonging to the Genus Paroedura Günther

Justin Gerlach

The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko Ailuronyx trachygaster Part 2: Ecology

Anslem de Silva, Aaron M. Bauer, A. Drion, Alexandra Fabry, S. Goonawardena, Z. Hawke & V. Vanneck

Otocryptis wiegmanni (Reptilia: Agamidae): A Gecko Predator at Nilgala Fire Savannah, Sri Lanka

Bruce C. Gates

Field Observations of the Thick-toed Gecko Pachydactylus scherzi Mertens, 1954 Near Namibia's Skeleton Coast

Andreas Laube & Robert Porter

Captive Maintenance and Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos Part IV: Underwoodisaurus milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823) and Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus (Ogilby, 1892)

John Rudge

Introducing Those Other Leaf-tails

Francis Girard

Captive Maintenance and Reproduction of Pachydactylus tigrinus Van Dam, 1921 and Pachydactylus bicolor Hewitt, 1926

Nimal D. Rathnayake

The Sri Lankan Day-Geckos of the Genus Cnemaspis

Volume 3, Issue 2

Author(s)

Subject

Gregory J.Watkins-Colwell

Gecko Hunting in New Caledonia

Robert Porter

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

John Rudge

GGA Book Review: Keeping and Breeding Leaf-tailed Geckos: The Genus  Uroplatus

Justin Gerlach

Day Gecko and Tortoise Interactions on Aldabra Atoll

Beate Roll

Delightful Dwarfs: Diurnal Geckos of the Genus Lygodactylus

Herbert Rosler, Wolfgang Wranik

The Species of the Genus Haemodracon Bauer, Good, Branch, 1997
(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Socotra (Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean)

Rod Rowlands

Selective Breeding of the Green Tree Gecko, Naultinus elegans elegans

Volume 3, Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

Mendis Wickramasinghe & Ruchira Somaweera

Distribution and Current Status of the Endemic Geckos of Sri Lanka

Francis Girard

Maintenance and Captive Reproduction of Two Small, South African Geckos, Pachydactylus geitje (Sparrman, 1778) and Pachydactylus weberi (Roux, 1907)

Justin Gerlach

The Palm Spider as an Unexpected Gecko Predator

L. Lee Grismer

Goniurosaurus: Ancient Gekkos of the Far East

Justin Gerlach

The Enigmatic Giant Bronze Gecko, Ailuronyx trachygaster, Part 1: Identity

Hans-Peter Berghof

Experiences with the Care and Breeding of Phelsuma hielscheri, a Day Gecko from the Isalo National Park, Madagascar

Andreas Laube

Captive Maintenance & Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos Part III: Nephrurus amyae Couper 1994

Volume 2, Issue 2

Author(s)

Subject

Robert Porter

The Husbandry and First Recorded Captive Breeding of the Chameleon Gecko, Carphodactylus laeis (Gunther, 1897)

Alan Myers

The Colonization of the Andaman Islands by Phelsuma - The Big Adventure or the Safe Ark?

Andreas Laube

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)

Pavel Konečný

Natural History and Captive Husbandry of the Turkish Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus

Michael Kearney and Nicole Kearney

Geckos of the Promised Land: A Magical Month in Madagascar

Francis Girard

Notes on the Size of the Terrestrial South African Gecko, Pachydactylus austeni (Hewitt, 1923)

John Rudge

GGA Book Review: “Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar ...” by Friedrich-Wilhelm Henkel and Wolfgang Schmidt

Neil Meister

A Great Gecko to Keep - Uroplatus henkeli in Captivity

Volume 2, Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

Robert Porter

Captive Maintenance and Breeding of the Golden-tailed Gecko, Diplodactylus taenicauda

Adel A. Ibrahim

A Note on the Diet of the White-spotted Gecko, Tarentola a. annularis

Francis Girard

Maintenance and Captive Reproduction of the South African Terrestrial Gecko, Pachydactylus mariquensis

Scotty Allen

Book Review Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History & Husbandry

L. Lee Grismer

Geographic Variation of Color Pattern in Peninsular Populations of Coleonyx switaki from Baja California, Mexico and Southern California

Jon Boone

Observations and Experiences of the “Anti-Atlas Day Gecko”Quedenfeldtia moerens

Andreas Laube

Captive Maintenance and Breeding of Some Ground Dwelling Australian Geckos Part 1: Nephrurus laevissimus and Nephrurus levis

 Volume 1 Issue 2

Author(s)

Subject

Francis Girard

Three Geckos from Cedarberg, South Africa

Chris Mattison & Gretchen Davison

Gecko Spotting in Southern Africa and Malaysia

Robert Porter

Eurodactylodes vieillardi

Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell & Steven C. Christman

Pachydactylus tuberculosus and Hemidactylus tanganicus

Robert Porter

Phyllurus platurus

Rod Rowlands

Hoplodactylus duvaucelii

John Rudge

Book Review: Geckoes

Andreas Laube

Strophurus williamsi

Dr. Uwe Hiller

Climbing ability in gekkonid lizards

 Volume 1 Issue 1

Author(s)

Subject

Kraig Adler

Nikolai Szczerbak obituary

Aaron Bauer, Mark Goodwin

Interview with Aaron Bauer

Yuri Kaverkin

Goniurosaurus of Japan

Michael Knoethig

Chondrodactylus angulifer

Rolf Leptien

Asaccus gallagheri

Grant Macredie

Naultinus poecilochlorus

Alan Myers

Geckos of the genus Rhacodactylus

John Rudge

Book Review: Gecko Fauna of the USSR and Contiguous Regions

Philip Tremper

Diplodactylus ciliaris

Tim Tytle

Rhacodactylus chahoua