Bachia alleni

Bachia alleni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Bachia
Species:	B. alleni
Binomial name
	Bachia alleni; (Barbour, 1914)
Synonyms
	Brachypus cuvieri; Fitzinger, 1826; ( nomen nudum ); Scolecosaurus cuvieri; — Boulenger, 1885; Scolecosaurus alleni; Barbour, 1914; Bachia cuvieri; — Vanzolini, 1961; Bachia alleni; — Thomas, 1965; Bachia heteropa alleni; — Dixon, 1973; Bachia alleni; — Powell & Henderson, 2017;

Last updated May 14, 2022

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]

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References

1 2 3 Bachia alleni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 July 2019.
1 2 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).