Adolfus
Adolfus is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to subsaharan Africa.[2]
| Adolfus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Adolfus africanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Adolfus Sternfeld, 1912[1] |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adolfus. |
Male of Adolfus jacksoni
Male of Adolfus africanus
Etymology
The generic name, Adolfus, is in honor of German explorer Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg.[3]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Adolfus africanus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Adolfus alleni (Barbour, 1914)
- Adolfus jacksoni (Boulenger, 1899)
- Adolfus kibonotensis (Lönnberg, 1907)
- Adolfus masavaensis Wagner, Greenbaum & Branch, 2014
- Adolfus mathewsensis Greenbaum, Dowell-Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusamba, Aristote, & Branch, 2018
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Adolfus.
References
Further reading
- Greenbaum E, Villanueva CO, Kusamba C, Aristote MM, Branch WR (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: 913–942.
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Reptilia". pp. 197–279 + Plates VI-IX. In: Schubotz H (Editor) (1913). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg, Band IV [Volume 4], Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. + 11 plates. (Adolfus, new genus, p. 220). (in German).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.