Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Suborder Sauria
Family Anniellidae
Although the layman tends to think that all long, legless creatures are either worms or snakes, a number of amphibians and lizards also lack limbs; members of the genus Anniella, included.
Fig. 1. California Legless Lizard. Photograph by Chris Brown. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sites.
Irvingtonian: Elsinore: Microtus/Mammuthus (Bell 1993).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Jefferson 2014).
Literature. Jefferson 2014.
Sites.
Mid Wisconsin: Pacific City (Wake and Roeder 2009).
Literature. Wake and Roeder 2009.
Last Update: 6 Jan 2016