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| Anniellidae | |
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| Anniella pulchra | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anniellidae |
| Genus: | Anniella Gray, 1852 |
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A. pulchra |
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The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards 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. [1]
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[edit] Classification
Genus Anniella
- Anniella pulchra California Legless Lizard
- Anniella geronimensis Baja California Legless Lizard
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
Data related to Anniellidae at Wikispecies 
Media related to Anniellidae at Wikimedia Commons
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