AFFILIATIONS

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

African Herpetological and Biodiversity Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa

PUBLICATIONS

2025

20 — NICOLAU, G. K., JACKSON, E. A., & BAUER, A. M. 2025. Eswatini’s only endemic vertebrate is no more: new record extends the range of the Swazi Flat Gecko, Afroedura major Onderstall, 1984, into South Africa. Herpetology Notes, 18, 247-252.

2024

19 — PHILLIPS, J., WOMACK, M., NGWENYA, S., & NICOLAU, G.K. 2024. The effect of living in flow on evolved strategies for gas exchange in South African tadpoles. In Integrative And Comparative Biology (Vol. 64, pp. S401-S401).

18 — PHILLIPS, J.R., NICOLAU, G.K., NGWENYA, S.S., JACKSON, E.A. & WOMACK, M.C. 2024. Habitat and respiratory strategy effects on hypoxia performance in anuran tadpoles. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 64(2), 336-353.

2023

17 — NICOLAU, G.K., JACKSON, E.A. & WASSERMAN, R.J. 2023. Mass vehicle induced mortalities of Giant Bullfrogs in Nylsvley Nature Reserve. Koedoe 65(1), a1760. https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v65i1.1760 (PDF)

16 — PHILLIPS, J.R., REISSIG J. & NICOLAU, G.K. 2023. Notes on lung development in South African ghost frogs (Anura: Heleophrynidae). African Journal of Herpetology. 72(1): 81-90, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2191602 (PDF)

15 — NICOLAU, G.K. & EDWARDS, S. 2023. Diversity and Endemism of Southern African Gekkonids Linked with the Escarpment Has Implications for Conservation Priorities. Diversity. 15, 306. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/d15020306 (PDF)

14 — ZHAO, Z., CONRADIE, W., PIETERSEN, D.W., JORDAAN, A., NICOLAU, G.K., EDWARDS, S., RIEKERT, S. & HEIDEMAN, N. 2023. Diversification of the African legless skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Family Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182: 107747. (PDF)

2022

13 — NICOLAU, G.K., JACKSON, E.A., JORDAAN, A. & ALEXANDER, G.J. 2022. Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) is live bearing: the only viviparous African lacertid. African Journal of Herpetology. 71(2) 194-200. (PDF)

12 — NICOLAU, GK., EVENS, N. & VAN HUYSSTTEEN, R. 2022. Afroedura pondolia (Pondo Flat Gecko) and Afroedura pienaari (Pienaar’s Flat Gecko). Predation. Herpetological Review. 53(4): 675-676 (PDF)

11 — JACKSON, E.A. & NICOLAU, G.K. 2022. Natural History Notes. Diet. Acanthocercus atricollis. African Herp News. 81: 27-29. (PDF)

2021

10 — NICOLAU, G.K., PETFORD, M., EDWARDS, S., BUSSCHAU, T., LYNCH, K., KEMP, L., BALMER, J., KEATES, C., HUNDERMARK, C.R., WEEBER, J. & CONRADIE, W. 2021. New insights into the geographical distribution, ecology and conservation status of South Africa’s endemic Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko, Cryptactites peringueyi (Boulenger, 1910). Herpetology Notes. 14: 439-450. (PDF)

9 — NICOLAU, G.K. & JACKSON, E.A. 2021. Geographical Distributions: Afrogecko porphyreus (Daudin, 1802). African Herp News. 77: 38-41. (PDF)

2020

8 — CONRADIE, W., NICOLAU, G.K., KEMP, L., EDWARDS, S., SNAKENBORG, S.K. & REEVES, B. 2020. Geographical Distributions: Lygodactylus cepensis (Smith, 1849) Common Dwarf Gecko. New records for the Makhanda region. African Herp News. 74: 78-82. (PDF)

7 — NICOLAU, G.K., VAN HUYSSTEEN, R. & JACKSON, E.A. 2020. Breviceps adspersus adspersus Diet. Herpetological Review. 51(1): 97. (PDF)

2019

6 — NICOLAU, G.K. 2019. In Siti Copulation and Intersexual Den Sharing in Varanus albigularis albigularis (Daudin, 1802), Eastern Cape, South Africa. Biawak. 13(2): 107-108. (PDF)

2018

5 — NICOLAU, G.K. & LYNCH, K.M.J. 2018. Geographic Distributions. Pachydactylus purcelli Boulenger, 1910. African Herp News. 70: 33-35. (PDF)

4 — NICOLAU, G.K., KEMP, L. & CONRADIE, W. 2018. Geographic Distributions. Panaspis wahlbergi Smith, 1849. African Herp News. 69: 26-29. (PDF)

3 — VERBURGT, L., NICOLAU, G.K. & VILJOEN, M. 2018. The Kalahari Purple-glossed snake (Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata; Roux, 1907). A poorly known and overlooked species in South Africa. African Herp News. 68: 20-26. (PDF)

2 — PETFORD, M., VAN HUYSSTEEN, R. & NICOLAU, G.K. 2018. Natural History Notes. Foraging Strategy, Bitis arietans arietans (Merrem, 1820). African Herp News. 68: 41-43. (PDF)

2016

1 — AINSLEY, J., FAIRLEY, K.C. & NICOLAU, G.K. 2016. Report on the BioBash to Postmasburg area, Northern Cape, September 2016. Biodiversity Observations. 7.83: 1-15. (PDF)