Gonatodes daudini

Gonatodes daudini
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]

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]

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

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.
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.
Gonatodes daudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Shepherd et al. (2019)
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).

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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[iucn-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.

[PowellHenderson2005-2] 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.

[RDB-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).