Gonatodes daudini

Gonatodes daudini, also known commonly, as the Grenadines clawed gecko or the Union Island gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3]

Gonatodes daudini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species:
G. daudini
Binomial name
Gonatodes daudini
Powell & Henderson, 2005[2]

Conservation status

The Union Island Gecko is threatened by demand from the international pet trade. Although it is granted domestic protection from export, reportedly wild-caught animals have been reported as offered for sale in several European Countries. There is strong justification for listing the Union Island Gecko in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).[4]

Etymology

The specific name, daudini, is in honor of naturalist Jacques Daudin (born 1925) who lives on Union Island.[5]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of G. daudini is remnant dry forest.[3]

Behavior

G. daudini is diurnal and terrestrial.[3]

Reproduction

G. daudini is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Powell R, Henderson RW (2011). "Gonatodes daudini (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T194258A115333400. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T194258A8889057.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2019.
  2. Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert William (2005). "A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the west Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science. 41 (4): 709–715. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. Gonatodes daudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. Shepherd et al. (2019)
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gonatodes daudini, p. 66).

Further reading
  • Daudin, Jacques; de Silva, Mark (2007). "An annotated checklist of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of the Grenadines with notes on their local natural history and conservation". Applied Herpetology 4 (2): 163–175.
  • Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2005). "A new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the West Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science 41 (4): 709–715. (Gonatodes daudini, new species).
  • Shepherd CR, Janssen J, Noseworthy J (2019). "A case for listing the Union Island Gecko Gonatodes daudini in the Appendices of CITES". Global Ecology and Conservation 17: e00549.


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