Anniellidae

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
Genera (1): Anniella
Name

Anniellidae Boulenger, 1885: 299

Type genus: Anniella Gray, 1852, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Aniellidae Cope, 1864: 230

References
Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. Printed by Order of Trustees: London. xiii + 497 pp. BHL

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Ringelschleichen
English: American Legless Lizards
suomi: Rengasliskot

The family Anniellidae, known as American legless lizards, contains six species in a single genus Anniella: A. pulchra, the California legless lizard, the rare A. geronimensis, Baja California legless lizard, and four more discovered in 2013.[1]
Classification

The following species of Anniella are recognized:[2]

Anniella alexanderae Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Temblor legless lizard
Anniella campi Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern Sierra legless lizard
Anniella geronimensis Shaw, 1940 – Baja California legless lizard
Anniella grinnelli Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – Bakersfield legless lizard
Anniella pulchra Gray 1852 – California legless lizard
Anniella stebbinsi Pappenfuss & Parham, 2013 – southern California legless lizard