Anniella

Anniella pulchra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anniellidae
Genus: Anniella
Species (6): A. alexanderae – A. campi – A. geronimensis – A. grinnelli – A. pulchra – A. stebbinsi

Name

Anniella Gray, 1852: 440 [conserved name]

• Type species: Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852, by monotypy.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic 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
• 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

• 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. 
• 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., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Anniella . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ringelschleichen
English: American Legless Lizards
suomi: Rengasliskot

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