Adolfus alleni

Adolfus alleni, also known commonly as the alpine meadow lizard or the alpine-meadow lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[3] The species is endemic to Kenya.

Adolfus alleni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Adolfus
Species:
A. alleni
Binomial name
Adolfus alleni
(Barbour, 1914)
Synonyms[2]
  • Adolfus alleni
    Barbour, 1914
  • Adolfus alleni
    — Spawls & Rotich, 1997

Habitat and geographic range

A. alleni is found only in alpine moorlands of Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon, and the Aberdares Mountains in Kenya,[3] at altitudes of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).[1]

Description

Medium-sized for the genus Adolfus, adults of A. alleni have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 6 cm (2.4 in).[2]

Reproduction

A. alleni is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alleni, is in honor of American zoologist Glover Morrill Allen.[4]

References
  1. Spawls, S.; Malonza, P.; Wagner, P.; Branch, W.R. (2014). "Adolfus alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T60755628A45791802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T60755628A45791802.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Adolfus alleni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Greer AE (1968). "Mode of reproduction in the squamate faunas of three altitudinally correlated life zones in East Africa". Herpetologica 24 (3): 229-232.
  4. 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. (Adolfus alleni, p. 5).

Further reading
  • Barbour T (1914). "Some New Reptiles". Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 4: 95-98. (Algiroides alleni, new species, pp. 97–98).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Adolfus alleni, p. 182).
  • Wagner P, Greenbaum E, Malonza P, Branch B (2014). "Resolving sky island speciation in populations of East African Adolfus alleni (Sauria, Lacertidae)". Salamandra 50 (1): 1–17.
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