Anniella pulchra

Anniella pulchra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852: 440 [conserved name ]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.32 (former BMNH 1852.12.4.3). [in error acc. Murphy & Smith (1991: 316)]
Neotype: MVZ 64656, adult ♂. [designated by Opinion 1735 (1993: 186)]
Type locality: “California”, redesigned by neotype designation to “0.8 km south-west of Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito County, California” by Murphy & Smith (1991: 316).
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 1735).

Anniella nigra Fischer, 1885: 9
- Syntypes: ZMH [lost fide Hallerman]
- Type locality: “S. Diego in Kalifornien.”

Anniella nigra argentea Hunt, 1983: 86 [rejected name]
- Holotype: MVZ 64656, adult ♂.
- Type locality: “0.8 km south-west of Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito County, California”
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1735 (1993).

Gray, J.E. 1852. Description of several new genera of reptiles, principally from the collection of H. M. S. Herald. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 2, 10: 437–440. BHL
Fischer, J.G. 1886. Ueber eine Kollektion Reptilien und Amphibien von der Insel Nias und über eine zweite Art der Gattung Anniella Gray. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 19(1): 3–10.

Hunt, L.E. 1983. A nomenclatural rearrangement of the genus Anniella (Sauria: Anniellidae). Copeia 1983(1): 79–89. DOI: 10.2307/1444700 JSTOR Reference page.
Murphy, R.W. & Smith, H.M. 1991. Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 (Reptilia, Squamata): proposed designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(4): 316–318. BHL

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1993. Opinion 1735. Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 (Reptilia, Squamata): neotype designated. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(2): 186–187. BHL Reference page.

Parham, J.F. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2009. High genetic diversity among fossorial lizard populations (Anniella pulchra) in a rapidly developing landscape (Central California). Conservation Genetics 10(1): 169–176. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9544-y Reference page.

Papenfuss, T.J. & Parham, J.F. 2013. Four New Species of California Legless Lizards (Anniella). Breviora 536: 1–17. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ10.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Anniella pulchra. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2018.
Hollingsworth, B. & Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Anniella pulchra (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T62227A12582107. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T62227A12582107.en

English: Northern California Legless Lizard

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