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North American Legless Lizards
Anniella
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.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
San Diegan Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella stebbinsi
Northern Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella pulchra
Baja California Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella geronimensis
Bakersfield Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella grinnelli
Big Spring Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella campi
Temblor Legless Lizard
speciesAnniella alexanderae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Anniella in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32409.