Adolfus alleni, also known commonly as the alpine meadow lizard or the alpine-meadow lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. 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,Greer AE (1968). "Mode of reproduction in the squamate faunas of three altitudinally correlated life zones in East Africa". Herpetologica 24 (3): 229-232. and in clearings in bamboo forest on Mount Kenya, at altitudes of .
Description Medium-sized for the genus Adolfus, adults of A. alleni have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about .
Behavior A. alleni is terrestrial and diurnal.
Reproduction A. alleni is oviparous.
Etymology The specific name, alleni, is in honor of American zoologist Glover Morrill Allen.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Adolfus alleni, p. 5).
References
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. . (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.