Gonatodes daudini

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{speciesbox | image = Gonatodes daudini.jpg | image_caption = A captive bred ''Gonatodes daudini'' in the USA (Terrarium Station LLC) | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>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.</ref> | status2 = CITES_A1 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | genus = Gonatodes | species = daudini | authority = Powell & Henderson, 2005<ref name="PowellHenderson2005">{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=Robert|last2=Henderson |first2=Robert William |title=A new species of ''Gonatodes'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the west Indies |journal=Caribbean Journal of Science|date=2005 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=709–715 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242268241 |access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> | synonyms = | range_map = | range_map_caption = }}

'''''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.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Gonatodes|species=daudini}}</ref>

==Conservation status== The Union Island gecko is threatened by demand from the international pet trade. Due to its distinct markings, it is one of the most trafficked reptiles in the Eastern Caribbean.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-12-26 |title=Army of islanders to protect gecko the size of a paperclip |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64026176 |access-date=2022-12-26}}</ref> 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).<ref name="FineMaron2">{{cite web |last1=Fine Maron |first1=Dina |date=30 April 2019 |title=This shy Caribbean lizard is now a coveted pet—and critically endangered. How did this happen? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/union-island-gecko-poached-for-pet-trade |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303001757/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/union-island-gecko-poached-for-pet-trade |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |website=National Geographic |publisher=National Geographic Society}}</ref> Trained local residents have patrolled the tropical dry forest the gecko inhabits since 2017 in an attempt to deter poachers.<ref name=":0" />

==Etymology== The specific name, ''daudini'', is in honor of naturalist Jacques Daudin (1926–2011) who lived on Union Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.eccea.com/index.php@mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=55&cntnt01returnid=44.html |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.eccea.com}}</ref><ref>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).</ref>

==Habitat== The preferred habitat of ''G. daudini'' is remnant dry forest.<ref name=RDB/>

==Behavior== ''G. daudini'' is diurnal and terrestrial.<ref name=RDB/>

==Reproduction== ''G. daudini'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/> ''G. daudini females will lay 1 egg instead of a clutch of two. Eggs can be found under leaf litter.''

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==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, Chris R.; Janssen, Jordi; Noseworthy, Josh (2019). "A case for listing the Union Island Gecko ''Gonatodes daudini'' in the Appendices of CITES". ''Global Ecology and Conservation'' '''17''': e00549.

Category:Gonatodes Category:Lizards of the Caribbean Category:Endemic fauna of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category:Reptiles described in 2005