Adolfus mathewsensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Adolfus
Species: Adolfus mathewsensis

Name

• Adolfus mathewsensis Greenbaum, Beer, Hughes, Wagner, Anderson, Villanueva, Malonza, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote & Branch, 2018: 58

Holotype: NMK L/3376/2 (field No. PKM 0239, tissue No. PKM 0240), adult ♂, collected by P.K. Malonza on 10 June 2010.

Type locality: “1376 m above sea level (1.251408N, 37.293328E), between Ng’eny forest and Kitich Camp, Mugur Base Camp, Mathews Range North, Samburu County, Rift Valley Province, Kenya”.

References

Primary references

• Greenbaum, E., Beer, S.D., Hughes, D.F., Wagner, P., Anderson, C.G., Villanueva, C.O., Malonza, P.K., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M. & Branch, W.R. 2018. Phylogeography of Jackson's Forest Lizard Adolfus jacksoni (Sauria: Lacertidae) Reveals Cryptic Diversity in the Highlands of East Africa. Herpetological Monographs 32(1): 51–68. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-18-00005.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Adolfus mathewsensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 April 2019.