American legless lizard
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The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizard
s contains two species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra, the California Legless Lizard, and the rare, A. geronimensis, Baja California Legless Lizard.
There were formerly two subspecies recognized of the California Legless Lizard, A. p. pulchra, the Silvery Legless Lizard, and A. p. nigra, the Black Legless Lizard. However, modern taxonomic classification considers the black legless lizard to simply be a melanistic form.
Legless lizard
Legless lizard may refer to any of several groups of lizards which have independently lost limbs or reduced them to the point of being of no use in locomotion. It is the common name for the family Pygopodidae, but often refers to other groups, such as limbless anguids, depending upon the region of...
s contains two species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra, the California Legless Lizard, and the rare, A. geronimensis, Baja California Legless Lizard.
There were formerly two subspecies recognized of the California Legless Lizard, A. p. pulchra, the Silvery Legless Lizard, and A. p. nigra, the Black Legless Lizard. However, modern taxonomic classification considers the black legless lizard to simply be a melanistic form.
Classification
Genus Anniella- Anniella pulchraAnniella pulchraThe California Legless Lizard is a limbless, burrowing lizard often mistaken for a snake.-Description:These lizards are around long from snout to vent...
California Legless Lizard - Anniella geronimensis Baja California Legless Lizard