Genus:

Adolfus STERNFELD, 1912

Species (6):

Adolfus africanus  (BOULENGER, 1906)

Adolfus alleni  (BARBOUR, 1914)

Adolfus jacksoni  (BOULENGER, 1899)

Adolfus kibonotensis  (LÖNNBERG, 1907)

Adolfus masavaensis  WAGNER et al., 2014

Adolfus mathewsensis  GREENBAUM et al., 2018

Species Typica:

Adolfus africanus  (BOULENGER, 1906)


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Sternfeld, R. (1912) -  Genus Adolfus. -  In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, Band IV, Zoologie II. – Reptilia. Leipzig, 1913. pp. 220-222.   

  • Greenbaum, E. & Villanueva, C.O. & Kusamba, C. & Aristote, M.M. & Branch, W.R. (2011) -  A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163 (3): 913-942.    

  • 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.     

  • Greenbaum, E. & Dowell Beer, S. & 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.    

 
 
 
 

Adolfus: 50  pictures (see species level)

 
 
 

Adolfus africanus  © Wolfgang Böhme