information on uroplatus species

[sheslikeheroin]

hi there, im looking on information of all the members of the uroplatus group, I'm doing a assignment for my biology class on their native habitats, their status as a threated species and the biggest issues facing the uroplatus in the wild. im looking for official studies or books on this subject. any help is appreciated!
thanks

 

[MonteQ's]

Leaf Tailed Geckos - The Genus Uroplatus by Sascha Svatek and Susanna Van Duin is a good book for some of this. The do talk a little about habitats, habitat destruction and status in the wild. Some good information, but geared more toward the hobiest... a bit out of date as well.

There is another book by Patrick Schoeneker (spelling?), but I can't think of the name off hand.

This is a decent read as well:
http://www.globalgeckos.com/plight_of_the_uroplatus.html

I have a few pdfs around somewhere that are far more informative...I'll try to track them down tonight. You might want to search through the forums here...www.geckosunlimited.com. There were some links to a few decent papers over there. I'd love to see the report when you're done if you're up for sharing! Best of luck.

here's a couple pdf links...can't seem to track the others down...

http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/ahe/article/viewFile/1909/1842

http://todd.jackman.villanova.edu/Uroplatus.pdf

 

[sheslikeheroin]

thanks so much for the info! When the reports finished i'll try to remember to post it. on a cool note after 3 long years of trying to get a uroplatus (that was 100% not wild caught and not a million bucks) i finally achieved that goal, i have a 7 month old lineatus! yay!