UNEP-WCMC technical report Review of selected species subject to long- standing import suspensions Part I: Africa (Version edited for public release) Review of selected species subject to long-standing import 2 suspensions. Part I: Africa Prepared for The European Commission, Directorate General Environment, Directorate E - Global & Regional Challenges, LIFE ENV.E.2. – Global Sustainability, Trade & Multilateral Agreements, Brussels, Belgium Prepared August 2015 Copyright European Commission 2015 Citation UNEP-WCMC. 2015. Review of selected species subject to long-standing import suspensions. Part I: Africa. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is the specialist biodiversity assessment of the United Nations Environment Programme, the world’s foremost intergovernmental environmental organization. The Centre has been in operation for over 30 years, combining scientific research with policy advice and the development of decision tools. 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Printing on paper from environmentally sustainable forests and recycled fibre is encouraged. 3 Contents Introduction and summary ................................................................................................................... 4 Cercopithecus mona ........................................................................................................................... 5 Perodicticus potto ............................................................................................................................... 7 Trigonoceps occipitalis...................................................................................................................... 10 Poicephalus gulielmi .......................................................................................................................... 13 Poicephalus robustus ........................................................................................................................ 17 Psittacus erithacus ........................................................................................................................... 22 Psittacus erithacus timneh .............................................................................................................. 29 Uromastyx dispar .............................................................................................................................. 33 Trioceros eisentrauti ........................................................................................................................ 35 Phelsuma dubia................................................................................................................................. 37 Phelsuma laticauda .......................................................................................................................... 40 Overview of status and management of Uroplatus spp. in Madagascar ........................................ 43 Uroplatus ebenaui ............................................................................................................................ 47 Uroplatus fimbriatus ........................................................................................................................ 50 Uroplatus guentheri ......................................................................................................................... 52 Uroplatus henkeli ............................................................................................................................. 54 Uroplatus lineatus ............................................................................................................................ 56 Uroplatus malama ............................................................................................................................ 58 Uroplatus phantasticus .................................................................................................................... 60 Uroplatus pietschmanni ................................................................................................................... 62 Uroplatus sameiti ............................................................................................................................. 64 Uroplatus sikorae ............................................................................................................................. 66 Python natalensis .............................................................................................................................. 71 Python sebae ..................................................................................................................................... 74 Stigmochelys pardalis ....................................................................................................................... 78 Mantella bernhardi ........................................................................................................................... 83 Mantella crocea ................................................................................................................................ 86 Mantella expectata ........................................................................................................................... 89 Mantella milotympanum ................................................................................................................. 92 Mantella viridis ................................................................................................................................. 95 Euphorbia guillauminiana ............................................................................................................... 98 Pachypodium inopinatum ............................................................................................................... 100 Pachypodium rosulatum ................................................................................................................. 102 Pachypodium sofiense ..................................................................................................................... 105 Appendix .............................................................................................................................................. 107 4 Introduction and summary This document provides reviews of 33 species/country combinations of African species, which are currently subject to long-standing Article 4.6(b) import suspensions to inform discussions as to whether these trade restrictions may still be warranted. This document also includes reviews of a number of Uroplatus species from Madagascar, which have been subject to EU import suspensions formed after 2005, but which were removed from the CITES Review of Significant Trade in 2014: Uroplatus ebenaui Uroplatus fimbriatus Uroplatus guentheri Uroplatus henkeli Uroplatus lineatus Uroplatus malama Uroplatus phantasticus Uroplatus pietschmanni Uroplatus sameiti Uroplatus sikorae Trade data were downloaded on 17/07/2015 and the full dataset is available here: https://db.tt/fzf6P7Lb (direct trade) and https://db.tt/d2jGCZIK (indirect trade). PRIMATES: CERCOPITHECIDAE 5 Cercopithecus mona II/B COMMON NAMES: Mona Monkey (EN), Cercopithèque mone (FR) RANGE STATES: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Grenada (introduced), Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis (introduced), Sāo Tomé and Príncipe (introduced), Togo UNDER REVIEW: Togo EU DECISIONS: Current Article 4.6(b) import restriction for wild specimens from Togo first applied on 08/04/2003 and last confirmed on 28/05/2015. IUCN: Least Concern Trade patterns There was no reported direct or indirect trade in Cercopithecus mona from Togo to the EU-28 or the rest of the world over the period 2004-2013. Togo has yet submitted an annual report for 2006 or 2013. Conservation status Cercopithecus mona was reported to be native to southeast Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and northwest Cameroon and to have been introduced to Sāo Tomé and Príncipe, as well as the Caribbean islands of Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis (Mittermeier et al., 2013). The species was reported to occur in groups of up to 12 animals and