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Daudin, François-Marie
 Zoologe (1774-1804)
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Daudin ha fornito un grande contributo alla tassonomia, descrivendo 34 specie e 14
sottospecie di uccelli. Se ne riportano alcune:

Birds
Accipiter minullus, Little sparrowhawk
Accipiter tachiro, African goshawk
Anhinga rufa, African darter
Anthochaera paradoxa, Yellow Wattlebird
Ciccaba huhula, Black-banded owl
Circus ranivorus, African marsh harrier
Corvus leucognaphalus, White-necked crow
Crypsirina temia, Black Racket-tailed treepie
Falco chicquera, Red-necked falcon
Falco rufigularis, Bat falcon
Falco tinnunculus rupicolus, Rock kestrel
Haliaeetus vocifer, African fish eagle
Lamprotornis ornatus, Principe glossy-starling
Lophaetus occipitalis, Long-crested eagle
Lophostrix cristata, Crested owl
Loxigilla portoricensis, Puerto Rican bullfinsh
Malimbus malimbicus, Crested malimbe
Megascops nudipes, Puerto rican screech owl
Melanerpes portoricensis, Puerto Rican woodpecker
Melierax gabar, Gabar goshawk
Morphnus guianensis, Crested eagle
Onychognathus nabouroup, Pale-winged Starling
Paradisaea rubra, Red bird of paradise
Phaethon lepturus, White-tailed tropicbird
Ploceus baglafecht, Baglafecht Weaver
Polemaetus bellicosus, Martial eagle
Saltator fuliginosus, Black-throated grosbeak
Seleucidis melanoleucus, Twelve-wired bird of paradise
Spizaetus ornatus, Ornate hawk eagle
Sporopipes frontalis, Speckle-fronted weaver
Sturnus melanopterus, Black-winged starling
Terathopius ecaudatus, Bateleur

Reptiles
Genus Acanthophis, Death adders
Genus Alligator, Alligators
Genus Bungarus, Kraits
Genus Corallus, Tree boas
Genus Eryx, Old world sand boas
Genus Lachesis, Bushmasters
Genus Pelamis, Yellow-bellied sea snakes
Genus Python, Pythons
Genus Ophisaurus, Glass lizards
Genus Takydromus, Oriental racers
Anolis auratus, Anole, no common name
Anolis punctatus, Amazon green anole
Atretium schistosum, Split keelback (snake)
Bitis cornuta, Many-horned adder
Boa constrictor imperator, Common Northern Boa
Caiman latirostris, Broad-snouted caiman
Caiman yacare, Yacare caiman
Clelia clelia, Mussurana
Coronella girondica, Southern smooth snake
Cuora amboinensis amboinensis, Malayan box turtle
Dendrelaphis tristis, Bronzeback (snake)
Disteira nigrocincta, no common name, venomous sea snake
Dracaena guianensis, Caiman lizard
Dryocalamus nympha, Common bridal snake
Elaphe helena, Trinket snake
Enhydrina schistosa, Beaked sea snake
Eumeces schneideri, Schneider's skink
Gopherus polyphemus, Florida gopher tortoise
Hemidactylus triedrus, Termite hill gecko
Hydrophis cyanocinctus, Annulated sea snake
Hydrophis mammilaris, Bombay sea snake
Hydrophis obscurus, Russell's sea snake
Kentropyx striata, Striped Kentropyx (lizard)
Lacerta bilineata, Western green lizard
Lycodon capucinus, Common wolf snake
Micrurus psyches, Carib coral snake
Oxybelis fulgidus, Green vine snake
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus, Northern pine snake
Rafetus euphraticus, Euphrates softshell turtle
Ramphotyphlops braminus, Brahminy blind snake
Rhinoclemmys punctularia, Spot-legged turtle
Sceloporus undulatus undulatus, Eastern fence lizard
Scelotes gronovii, Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink
Siphlophis compressus, Red vine snake
Takydromus sexlineatus, Asian grass lizard
Teius teyou, no common name, family Teiidae (whiptails)
Timon lepidus, Ocellated lizard
Tripanurgos compressus, Mapepire De Fe (snake)
Varanus bengalensis, Bengal monitor
Varanus griseus, Desert monitor
Xenoxybelis argenteus, Green striped vine snake

Amphibians
Caecilia albiventris, no common name, Caecilian
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, Hellbender (salamander)
Elachistocleis surinamensis, Sapito apuntado de Surinam
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, Indian bullfrog
Hyla surinamensis (nomen dubium))[1]
Pelodytes punctatus, Common parsley frog
Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, Rana lemur de flancos rojos
Pseudacris ocularis, Little grass frog
Sphaenorhynchus lacteus, Rana Fantasma (tree frog)
Xenopus laevis, African clawed frog

Molluscs
Genus Spiroglyptus, wormsnails, family Vermetidae
Genus Spirorbis, hard tube worms

Species named in Daudin's honour
Dipsochelys daudinii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835), Daudin's giant tortoise (extinct, Seychelles)

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Bibliografia:
-Recueil de memoires ... sur les Mollusques, de Vers et les Zoophytes. Paris 1806 p.m.
-Histoire naturelle des rainettes, des grenouilles et des crapauds. Bertrandet & Levrault, Paris -1802/03.
-Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles. Dufart, Paris 1802–05 p.m.
-Recueil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de mollusques, de vers -et  de zoophytes. Fuchs, Treuttel & Wurtz, Paris 1800.
-Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie  ou  Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. Bertrandet, Paris 1800.

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