(This is only a very little extract of the 300-pages Bibliotheca Cordyliformium) References added to the bibliography are red.
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[1] Abraham, G. (1981):Cordylus giganteus – Riesengürtelschweif (A. Smith 1844).

[2] Adolphs, Klaus (1996): Bibliographie der Gürtelechsen und Schildechsen (Reptilia: Sauria: Cordylidae & Gerrhosauridae).
[3] Adolphs, Klaus & M. Tröger (1987):Lebensweise, Haltung und Zuchtproblematik des Riesengürtelschweifs Cordylus giganteus A. Smith, 1844.

[4] Affre, Alexander, I. Ineich & S. Ringuet (2005):West Africa, Madagascar, Central and South America: Main Origins of the CITES-listed Lizard Pet Market in France.

Akeret, Beat (2008): Überwinterung – Anpassungen an kalte Klimabedingungen. – Terraria (Münster), 3 (5) (Nr. 13): 16-22. [#08557]

[5] Aleven, I. M. (1970):Alles über das Terrarium.

[6] Alexander, G. J. (1990):Reptiles and amphibians of Durban.
[7] Alexander, Graham J., C. van Der Heever & S. L. Lazenby (2001):Thermal Dependence of Appetite and Digestive Rate in the Flat Lizard, Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi.
Alexander, G. & J. Marais (2007): A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa.  — Struik, Cape Town, 408 pp. [#8280. Cordylidae & Gerrhosauridae]

[8] Andersson, Lars Gabriel (1900): Catalogue of Linnean Type-Specimens of Linnaeus’s Reptilia in the Royal Museum in Stockholm.
[9] Andersson, Lars Gabriel (1910):Reptiles and Batrachians from the north-west of Madagascar collected by V. Kaudern 1906–1907. [10] Andersson, Lars Gabriel (1916):Notes on the reptiles and batrachians in the Zoological Museum at Gothenburg with an account of some new species.

[11] Andreone, Franco (1991):Reptile field records from Malagasy rainforests.
[12] Andreone, F., F. Glaw, R. A. Nussbaum, C. J. Raxworthy, M. Vences & J. E. Randrianirina (2003): The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna.
[13] Andreone, Franco & H. Randriamahazo (1997):Ecological and taxonomic observations on the amphibians and reptiles of the Andohahela low altitude rainforest, S. Madagascar.
[14] Andreone, Franco, M. Vences & J. E. Randrianirina (2001):Patterns of amphibian and reptile diversity at Berara Forest (Sahamalaza Peninsula), NW Madagascar.

[15] Andreuccetti, P. (1992):An ultrastructural study of differentiation of pyriform cells and their contribution to oocyte growth in representative squamata.
[16] Angel, F. (1920):Liste de reptiles du Haut-Zambeze et de l’Afrique australe. Description d’une espece nouvelle du genre Monopeltis.
[17] Angel, F.[ernand] (1922):Sur un Lézard d’un genre nouveau de la famille de Gerrhosauridae.
[18] Angel, F. (1923):Extrait de la Mission Rohan-Chabot, Angola et Rhodesia, 1912–1914. Reptiles, 4 (1).
[19] Angel, F. (1925): Liste des reptiles et batraciens rapportés de Madagascar par M. G. Petit.
[20] Angel, F. (1925):Résultats Scientifiques. Reptiles et Batraciens. — In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912).
[21] Angel, F. (1928):Lézards de l’Est Africain. Mission Guy Babault (1926–27).
[22] Angel, F. (1930):Sur l’Habitat d’un certain nombre de Lézards de Madagascar.
[23] Angel, F. (1931):Contribution à l’étude de la Fauna de Madagascar. Reptilia et Batrachia. Troisième partie.
[24] Angel, F. (1934):Sur une collection de Reptiles et de Batraciens de Madagascar.
[25] Angel, F. (1936):Matériaux herpétologiques recueillis à Madagascar par M. Roger Heim, chargé de mission. Description de deux formes nouvelles.
[26] Angel, F. (1939):Un Gerrhosauridé nouveau de Madagascar.
[27] Angel, F. (1942): Les Lézards de Madagascar.
[28] Angel, F. (1949):Deuxieme Note sur les Reptiles de Madagascar récoltés par le Professeur Millot. Description d’un Lézard Scindé [sic] nouveau du genre Scelotes.
[29] Angel, F. & A. Rochon-Duvigneaud (1941):Les divers types de paupières des Sauriens et des Ophidiens.

Anonymus (1836): A catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum ...
[30] Anonymus (1958):A list of zoological and botanical types preserved in collections in southern and east Africa. Volume I. Zoology, Part 1
[31] Anonymus (1960):Annual Report of the Biologist, 1958/1959.
[32] Anonymus (1962):A list of zoological and botanical types preserved in collections in southern and east Africa. Volume I. Zoology, Part 2.
[33] Anonymus (1987):Herpetology (DNEC). New adder found in the Cederberg.— Port Elizabeth Museum, Annual Report (1986/1987): 9.
[34] Anonymus (1998): Nachzuchtstatistik 1996 (der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde).
[35] Anonymus (1999): Nachzuchtstatistik 1997 (der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde).
[36] Anonymus (2002):CITES Standard Reference for the Species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee.

[37] Arnold, E. N. (1995):Identifying the effects of history on adaptation: origins of different sand-diving techniques in lizards.
 
[38] Arnoult, J. (1952):Reptiles, batraciens et poissons d’ornement de Madagascar.
[39] Arnoult, Jacques & R. Bauchot (1963):Compte rendu de mission à Madagascar (Octobre 1962–Janvier 1963).
[40] Arnoult, J. & P. Fourmanoir (1967):Sur une collection de poissons marins et de reptiles, provenant de l’ile de Nossi-Bé (Madagascar).

Arth, Steven & Sandra Baus (2008): Herpetologische Reiseeindrücke aus dem Kalkmassiv der Montagne des Francais in Nord-Madagaskar. - Terraria (Münster), 12, 3(4): 23-29.

[41] Auerbach, R. D. (1985):The Reptiles of Gaborone. A guide to the Reptiles of the South-Estern Hardveld of Botswana.
[42] Auerbach, Ronald (1986):First steps in Setswana Herpetology.
[43] Auerbach, Ronald Daniel (1987):The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana.
[44] Auerbach, Ronald Daniel (1995):Segwagwanyana. Ein Beitrag zur afrikanischen Ethnoherpetologie.

[45] Augé, Marc (1987):Les Cordylidae (Reptilia, Lacertilia) de l’Éocène français.
[46] Augé, Marc (2003): La faune de Lacertilia (Reptilia, Squamata) de l’Éocène inférieur de Prémontré (Bassin de Paris, France).
[47] Augé, Marc, S. Duffaud, F. Lapparent de Broin, J.-C. Rage & D. Vasser (1997): Les amphibiens et les reptiles de Prémontré (Cuisien, Bassin parisien): Une herpétofaune de référence pour l’Éocène inférieur.

Auliya, Mark (2003): Hot trade in cool creatures. A review of the live reptile trade in the European Union in the 1990s with a focus on Germany. — TRAFFIC, Brussels, Belgium, 105 S.]

[48] Austin, J. J. & E. N. Arnold (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands.