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]
| Anniellidae | |
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| Anniella pulchra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Neoanguimorpha |
| Clade: | Diploglossa |
| Clade: | Anguioidea |
| Family: | Anniellidae Boulenger, 1885 |
| Genus: | Anniella Gray, 1852 |
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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
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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