Anniella campi PAPENFUSS & PARHAM, 2013
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Anniellinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Southern Sierra Legless Lizard |
Synonym | Anniella campi PAPENFUSS & PARHAM 2013 Anniella pulchra lineage D — PARHAM & PAPENFUSS 2009 Anniella campi — HANSEN & SHEDD 2025 |
Distribution | USA (California) Type locality: 35.6251°N, 117.9581°W (1,230 m elevation; Figs. 1, 4), Big Spring, 5.8 km NW Junction Hwy. 14 (by Hwy. 178) Kern County, California, USA. |
Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
Types | Holotype: MVZ 257727 (Fig. 3), collected on March 31, 2006, by Theodore J. Papenfuss. Paratypes. CAS 233827, an adult male, 233828, an adult female, from 35.6252°N, 117.9581°W (1,240 m elev.; Figs. 1, 4), Big Spring, 5.8 km NW junction Hwy. 14 (by Hwy. 178) Kern County, California, U.S.A., collected on March 31, 2006, by Theodore J. Papenfuss; MCZ R-189380 (Fig. 3), 189381, 189382, adults not sexed from 35.6252°N, 117.9581°W (1,240 m elev.; Figs. 1, 4), Big Spring, 5.8 km NW junction Hwy. 14 (by Hwy. 178) Kern County, California, U.S.A., collected on May 7, 2011, by Theodore J. Papenfuss. Figures in PAPENFUSS & PARHAM 2013. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species of the Anniella pulchra complex by a unique color pattern consisting of continuous, double, dark lateral stripes from the side of the head to the tip of the tail. This character is present in all paratypes and referred specimens. Anniella campi shows a maximum mitochondrial sequence divergence (for ND2) from A. pulchra of 8.4%, from A. grinnelli of 5.8%, from A. alexanderae of 4.9%, and from A. stebbinsi of 4.3%. |
Comment | Distribution: see map in PAPENFUSS & PARHAM 2013. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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