Adolfus alleni
Adolfus alleni, or alpine meadow lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[3] The species is endemic to Kenya.
| Adolfus alleni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Adolfus |
| Species: | A. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Adolfus alleni (Barbour, 1914) | |
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Habitat & geographic range
A. alleni is found only in alpine moorlands of Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon, and the Aberdares Mountains in Kenya.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, alleni, is in honor of American zoologist Glover Morrill Allen.[4]
References
- Spawls S, Malonza P, Wagner P, Branch WR (2014). "Adolfus alleni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T60755628A45791802. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T60755628A45791802.en. Downloaded on 15 November 2018.
- Species Adolfus alleni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- Greer AE (1968). "Mode of reproduction in the squamate faunas of three altitudinally correlated life zones in East Africa". Herpetologica 24 (3): 229-232.
- 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". Proc. New England Zool. Club 4: 95-98. (Algiroides alleni, new species, pp. 97–98).
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