Anniella pulchra
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Anniellidae
Genus: Anniella
Species: Anniella pulchra
Name
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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