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 |
Species | |
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The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards, contains six species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra (California legless lizard), the rare A. geronimensis (Baja California legless lizard), and four more discovered in 2013.[1]