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Adolfus alleni

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

Habitat and geographic range

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

Description

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

Behavior

A. alleni is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

A. alleni is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alleni, is in honor of AmericanzoologistGlover Morrill Allen.[4]

References

  1. 123Spawls, 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. 123Species Adolfus alleni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 12Greer AE (1968). "Mode of reproduction in the squamate faunas of three altitudinally correlated life zones in East Africa". Herpetologica24 (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 , pág. 5).

Lecturas adicionales

  • Barbour T (1914). "Algunos reptiles nuevos". Actas del Club Zoológico de Nueva Inglaterra 4 : 95-98. ( Algiroides alleni , nueva especie, págs.  97-98).
  • Spawls S , Howell K , Hinkel H , Menegon M (2018). Guía de campo de los reptiles de África Oriental, segunda edición . Londres: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 págs. ISBN 978-1472935618( Adolfus alleni , pág.  182).
  • Wagner P , Greenbaum E , Malonza P , Branch B (2014). "Resolución de la especiación de las islas celestes en poblaciones de Adolfus alleni (Sauria, Lacertidae) de África oriental". Salamandra 50 (1): 1–17.