Bachia alleni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

B. alleni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bachia alleni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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).

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