Adolfus alleni, also known commonly as the alpine meadow lizard or the alpine-meadow lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Kenya. Habitat and geographic range A. alleni is found only in alpine moorlands of Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon, and the Aberdares Mountains in Kenya, at altitudes of . Description Medium-sized for the genus Adolfus, adults of A. alleni have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . Reproduction A. alleni is oviparous. Etymology The specific name, alleni, is in honor of American zoologist Glover Morrill Allen. References Further reading Barbour T (1914). "Some New Reptiles". Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 4: 95-98. (Algiroides alleni, new species, pp. 97–98). Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Adolfus alleni, p. 182). Wagner P, Greenbaum E, Malonza P, Branch B (2014). "Resolving sky island speciation in populations of East African Adolfus alleni (Sauria, Lacertidae)". Salamandra 50 (1): 1–17. Adolfus Lacertid lizards of Africa Reptiles of Kenya Endemic fauna of Kenya Taxa named by Thomas Barbour Reptiles described in 1914