Allen Allison (born 1950) is an American herpetologist.
He specializes in the herpetofauna of New Guinea. Two taxa are named after him. Allison described first 50 different taxa.
He graduated from the University of California, Davis and has worked at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii since 1983. He served as the Vice President for Science from 1998 to 2012.Allen Allison, Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance
Taxa named in his honor Choerophryne allisoni Richards & Burton, 2003 Liophryne allisoni Zweifel, 2000
Selected taxa described Albericus exclamitans Kraus & Allison, 2005 Albericus murritus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Albericus sanguinopictus Kraus & Allison, 2005 Austrochaperina septentrionalis Allison & Kraus, 2003 Callulops eremnosphax Kraus & Allison, 2009 Callulops marmoratus Kraus & Allison, 2003 Callulops omnistriatus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Carlia bomberai Zug & Allison, 2006 Carlia caesius Zug & Allison, 2006 Choerophryne longirostris Kraus & Allison, 2001 Cophixalus bewaniensis Kraus & Allison, 2000 Cophixalus caverniphilus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus cupricarenus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus desticans Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus interruptus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus iovaorum Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus kethuk Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus linnaeus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus melanops Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus phaeobalius Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus pulchellus Kraus & Allison, 2000 Cophixalus sisyphus Kraus & Allison, 2006 Cophixalus sphagnicola Zweifel & Allison, 1982 Cophixalus timidus Kraus & Allison, 2006 Cophixalus tomaiodactylus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Cophixalus variabilis Kraus & Allison, 2006 Cyrtodactylus murua Kraus & Allison, 2006 Emoia guttata Brown & Allison, 1986 Hylarana waliesa (Kraus & Allison, 2007) Hylophorbus proekes Kraus & Allison, 2009 Liophryne magnitympanum Kraus & Allison, 2009 Litoria bibonius Kraus & Allison, 2004 Litoria eschata Kraus & Allison, 2009 Litoria flavescens Kraus & Allison, 2004 Litoria rubrops Kraus & Allison, 2004 Lobulia alpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005 Lobulia glacialis Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005 Lobulia stellaris Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005 Lobulia subalpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005 Mantophryne axanthogaster Kraus & Allison, 2009 Oreophryne anamiatoi Kraus & Allison, 2009 Oreophryne ezra Kraus & Allison, 2009 Paedophryne amauensis Rittmeyer, Allison, Gründler, Thompson & Austin, 2012 Platymantis browni Allison & Kraus, 2001 Platymantis bufonulus Kraus & Allison, 2007 Platymantis caesiops Kraus & Allison, 2009 Platymantis manus Kraus & Allison, 2009 Platymantis sulcatus Kraus & Allison, 2007 Tropidonophis dolasii Kraus & Allison, 2004 Xenorhina adisca Kraus & Allison, 2003 Xenorhina arboricola Allison & Kraus, 2000 Xenorhina zweifeli (Kraus & Allison, 2002)
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