• Source: Bachia alleni

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.
The specific name, cuvieri (of the synonym, Bachia cuvieri), is in honor of French naturalist Georges Cuvier.




Geographic range


B. alleni is found in Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago.




Reproduction


B. alleni is oviparous.




References






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).

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• Bachia alleni
• Bachia
• Glover Morrill Allen
• Georges Cuvier
• List of least concern reptiles
• List of near threatened reptiles
• IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)