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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Anniellidae
Genus: Anniella
Species: Anniella pulchra

Name

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).

Synonyms

• 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).

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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

Vernacular names

English: Northern California Legless Lizard