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Correlophus sarasinorum (ROUX, 1913)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Roux's Giant Gecko 
SynonymRhacodactylus sarasinorum ROUX 1913: 99
Rhacodactylus sarasinorum — WERMUTH 1965: 159
Rhacodactylus sarasinorum — KLUGE 1993
Rhacodactylus sarasinorum — RÖSLER 2000: 108
Correlophus sarasinorum — BAUER et al. 2012 
DistributionS New Caledonia

Type locality: Prony, New Caledonia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMBA = NHMB 7246 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3518 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentAbundance: Uncommon and restricted to a few localities. 
EtymologyNamed after Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856-1929) and Fritz Carl Frederich Sarasin (1859-1942), who were cousins. They were Swiss zoologists, explorers, and collectors who wrote Reisen in CeIebes (1905). 
References
  • Bauer, A. M. & SADLIER, R. A. 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology, 17; Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York.
  • Bauer, A.M. & Sadlier,R.A. 1993. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia. Biodiv. Lett. 1: 107-122 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M., and Sadlier, R.A. 2001. New data on the distribution, status, and biology of the giant New Caledonian geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus spp.). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2 (1): 24-29 [2000] - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M. 1995. Geckos of the genus Rhacodactylus. Reptiles 3 (7): 32-49
  • BAUER, AARON M.; TODD R. JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER & ANTHONY H. WHITAKER 2012. Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Zootaxa 3404: 1–52 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. & Henkel, F. W. 1985. Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna Neukaledoniens, speziell der Gattung Rhacodactylus. Herpetofauna 7 (34): 23-29 - get paper here
  • Good, D. A., A. M. Bauer & Sadlier, R.A. 1997. Allozyme evidence for the phylogeny of giant New Caledonian geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus), with comments on the status of R. leachianus henkeli. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 317-330 - get paper here
  • Henkel, Friedrich Wilhelm 2008. Sarasins Gecko – Rhacodactylus sarasinorum. Draco 9 (36): 50-54 - get paper here
  • Henkel,F.W. 1987. Haltung und Zucht von Rhacodactylus sarasinorum. Herpetofauna 9 (50): 25-26 - get paper here
  • Henkel,F.W. 1988. Rhacodactylus sarasinorum Roux. Sauria 10 (Amphibien-Reptilien-Kartei): 125-128 - get paper here
  • Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here
  • Langner, C. 2015. Auf der Suche nach Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos. Reptilia (Münster) 20 (113): 34-44 - get paper here
  • Myers, Alan 1999. New Caledonian Geckos of the Genus Rhacodactylus. Gekko 1 (1): 30-34
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Roux,J. 1913. Les reptiles de de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. In: Nova Caledonia, Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Iles Loyalty. Zoologie. (vol. 1, L. 2). Sarasin, F. & Roux,J. (eds.). C.W. Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 79-160 - get paper here
  • Schönecker, P. 2015. Rhacodactylus – Vielfältige Riesen aus Neukaledonien. Reptilia (Münster) 20 (113): 14-23 - get paper here
  • Schönecker, Patrick & Stefanie Schönecker 2008. Die Gattung Rhacodactylus. Draco 9 (36): 4-13 - get paper here
  • Vences M, Henkel FW & Seipp,R 2001. Molekulare Untersuchungen zur Phylogenie und Taxonomie der Neukaledonischen Geckos der Gattung Rhacodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 37 (2): 73-82 - get paper here
 
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