This bibliography includes all references known to the author to contain 

 explicit mention of any New Caledonian amphibian or reptile. In the case of 

 endemic taxa this includes any and all references. For taxa shared with other 

 geographical regions only references citing New Caledonian specimens are 

 included. References on both terrestrial and marine species are included. 

 Bibliographies, species lists and type catalogues which reference specimens or 

 papers relative to New Caledonian herpetology are also included in this list. 



The geographical region covered by the bibliography is the French Overseas 

 Territory of New Caledonia and its dependencies exclusive of the Wallis and Futuna 

 Islands in western Polynesia. This includes the main island of New Caledonia and 

 its nearshore islands, the Isle of Pines, the Belep Islands, Surprise Island, the 

 Huon Islands, the Loyalty Islands, Walpole Island, the Chesterfield Islands and 

 Matthew and Hunter Islands. 



The bibliography is annotated by a series of three numbers or sets of numbers 

 corresponding to category designations for (1) taxa discussed, (2) subject 

 material and (3) relative significance in terms of the New Caledonian 

 herpetofauna. Taxonomic divisions are made at the family level or higher. Subject 

 material headings include eleven broadly interpreted categories. Papers may have 

 one or more ratings in this category (or when inapplicable, as in the case of 

 species lists or bibliographies, may be represented by a [-]). The third category, 

 relative significance, is a subjective ranking of the references included. 

 References are assigned a ranking based solely upon their value to the student of 

 New Caledonian herpetology. This ranking does not take into account any other 

 criteria. Thus some relatively obscure references dealing directly with some 

 aspect of New Caledonian reptiles may have a much higher rank than major works 

 which presents relatively little data explicitly relating to New Caledonian taxa. 

 Papers are indexed by taxonomic category in a list following the alphabetized 

 citations. 



It is hoped that this bibliography will serve as a guide to herpetologists 

 working in the western Pacific Basin as well as to those concerned with taxa which 

 include New Caledonian representatives. While every attempt has been made to 

 include all pertinent references, omissions are bound to occur. Additional 

 references sent to the author would be appreciated and will be incorporated into 

 future revisions of this bibliography. 



ACKNOWLEDEMENTS - I thank L. Wishmeyer, A. Renevier, J. Losos, P. Ward, H. 

 Cogger and W. Rainey for providing additional references. D. Good and S. Busack 

 gave advice on the preparation of the bibliography. The concept of a bibliography 

 of New Caledonian herpetology was inspired by B.W. Thomas and A.H. Whitaker. 



KEY TO CODED ANNOTATIONS 



Taxa 



Subject Matter 



Significance 



1. Amphibia 



2.Reptilia (general) 



S.Meiolaniidae 



4.Cheloniidae 



S.Crocodylia 



6.Gekkonidae 



T.Scincidae 



S.Varanidae 



9.Typhlopidae 



lO.Boidae 



n.Hydrophiidae 



I.Systematics I.Major references on broad topics of 



2. Morphology direct applicability to N. C. herpetology- 



3. Ecology 2.Major references on restricted topics, 



4. Behavior major reviews. 



5. Reproduction 3. Minor primary references (includes most 



6. Ontogeny species descriptions, minor reviews. 



7. Paleontology 4. Minor secondary reference, no information 



8. Parasitology not contained by works in 1 , 2 and 3. 



9. Human contact 5. Bibliographies, type catalogues, species 



10. Distribution lists, etc. 



11. Toxicology 6. Photograph only. 



