Anniella pulchra, the California legless lizard, is a limbless, burrowing lizard often mistaken for a snake.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Legless Lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Anniella stebbinsi
- Ophioscincus ophioscincus
- Acontias orientalis
- Scelotes anguinus
- Acontias meleagris
- Lerista edwardsae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Anguidae
- Genus
- Anniella
- Species
- Anniella pulchra
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