Gonatodes daudini

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Gonatodes daudini

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Gonatodes
Species:
G. daudini
Binomial name
Gonatodes daudini
Powell & , 2005[3]

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.[4]

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. The species listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).[5]

Etymology[]

The specific name, daudini, is in honor of naturalist Jacques Daudin (born 1925) who lives on Union Island.[6]

Habitat[]

The preferred habitat of G. daudini is remnant dry forest.[4]

Behavior[]

G. daudini is diurnal and terrestrial.[4]

Reproduction[]

G. daudini is oviparous.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Powell R, (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. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Gonatodes daudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. ^ Fine Maron, Dina (30 April 2019). "This shy Caribbean lizard is now a coveted pet—and critically endangered. How did this happen?". National Geographic. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ 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).
  • , , (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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