Bachia alleni
| Bachia alleni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Bachia |
| Species: | B. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bachia alleni (Barbour, 1914) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Bachia alleni is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to the southern Caribbean.
Etymology
The specific name, alleni, is in honor of American Zoologist Glover Morrill Allen.[2]
The specific name, cuvieri (of the synonym, Bachia cuvieri), is in honor of French naturalist Georges Cuvier.[2]
Geographic range
B. alleni is found in Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Bachia alleni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b 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. (Bachia heteropa alleni, p. 5; Bachia cuvieri, p. 63).
Further reading
- Barbour T (1914). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 44 (2): 205–359 + Plate. (Scolecosaurus alleni, new species, pp. 315–316 + Plate, figures 11–15).
- Murphy JC, Salvi D, Santos JL, Braswell AL, Charles SP, Borzée A, Jowers MJ (2019). "The reduced limbed lizards of the genus Bachia (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae); biogeography, cryptic diversity, and morphological convergence in the eastern Caribbean". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19: 321–340. (Bachia alleni).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Bachia heteropus alleni, p. 109).