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.
Classification
The following species of ''Anniella'' are recognized:
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Anniella alexanderae
''Anniella alexanderae'', also known as the temblor legless lizard, is a species of legless lizard found in California,
References
Anniella
Reptiles described in 2013
Lizards of North America
Fauna of California
Taxa named by Theodore ...
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Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Temblor legless lizard
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Anniella campi
''Anniella campi'', also known as the Southern Sierra legless lizard is a species of legless lizard found in California, specifically in the Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the C ...
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Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern Sierra legless lizard
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Anniella geronimensis
''Anniella geronimensis'', also known as the Baja California legless lizard, is a species of legless lizard found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Amer ...
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Shaw, 1940 – Baja California legless lizard
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Anniella grinnelli
''Anniella grinnelli'', also known as the Bakersfield legless lizard, is a species of legless lizard
Legless lizard may refer to any of several groups of lizards that have independently lost limbs or reduced them to the point of being of no use ...
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Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Bakersfield legless lizard
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Anniella pulchra
''Anniella pulchra'', the California legless lizard, is a Legless lizard, limbless, burrowing lizard often mistaken for a snake.
Description
These lizards are around long from snout to vent (not including tail). They have small, smooth scales ...
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Gray 1852 – California legless lizard
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Anniella stebbinsi
''Anniella stebbinsi'', the Southern California or San Diegan legless lizard, is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. Not much is known about the lizard as a unique species, with most observations conducted while it was ...
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Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern California legless lizard
See also
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Glass lizard
References
External links
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Anniella
Legless lizards
Lizards of North America
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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