American legless lizard
The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards, contains six species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra, the California legless lizard, the rare A. geronimensis, Baja California legless lizard, and four more discovered in 2013.[1]
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Anniella pulchra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Infraorder: | Neoanguimorpha |
Clade: | Diploglossa |
Clade: | Anguioidea |
Family: | Anniellidae |
Genus: | Anniella Gray, 1852 |
Species | |
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Classification
The following species of Anniella are recognized:[2]
- Anniella alexanderae Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Temblor legless lizard
- Anniella campi Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern Sierra legless lizard
- Anniella geronimensis Shaw, 1940 – Baja California legless lizard
- Anniella grinnelli Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Bakersfield legless lizard
- Anniella pulchra Gray 1852 – California legless lizard
- Anniella stebbinsi Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern California legless lizard
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See also
References
- David Perlman (2013-09-18). "4 new species of legless lizard identified". SFGate. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- Anniella at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 October 2018.
External links
Media related to Anniellidae at Wikimedia Commons
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