Kenya / Mount Kenya. 

Species:

Adolfus alleni  (BARBOUR, 1914)

Synonyms:

Algiroides alleni  BARBOUR, 1914

Common names:

Mount Kenya Bergeidechse (German)
Mount Kenya Alpine Meadow Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: MCZ R-9280

Terra Typica:

Near the tree limit, north- east slope of Mt. Kenia [= Mt. Kenya].


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Barbour, T. (1914) -  Some new Reptiles. -  Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club, Boston, 4: 95-98.  

  • Greenbaum, E. & Villanueva, C.O. & Kusamba, C. & Aristote, M.M. & Branch, W.R. (2011) -  A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163 (3): 913-942.    

  • 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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