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The American Anniellidae

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011


The purely American Anniellidae, consisting of two species, is also mainly subterranean in habits. It is known to be found near moisture, in loose soil such as beaches. Unlike the Dibamidae, Anniella has functional eyes and well developed eyelids.

The Anguinidae, have their share of burrowers, too, such as the well known slow-worm, Anguis fragilis, a worm-eating species found in Britain and continental Europe. They are remarkably long-lived for lizards. being kept in captivity for over 50 years, and are very effective eradicators of the garden slug.

Unique to Australia and New Guinea is a family known as “scaly-footed lizards,” the Pygopodidae. They are characterized by being limbless save for a pair of flaps near the vent. They lack eyelids and the ear may be exposed or hidden.

 

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Anniella Pulchra: A Diminutive Burrower

Sunday, September 25th, 2011


This small family has not yet been seriously allied with any other group, so it maintains the distinctiveness of its own family status. There are but two species, one with two subspecies, found only in California and Baja California. They are limbless lizards lacking an external ear but possessing eyelids and functional eyes. They are very thin bodied, and a giant may be nine inches long. The upper temporal arch is absent. Osteoderms reduced, the scales smooth and subequal. The head is conical, the upper jaw extending far beyond the lower. The tongue is smooth, dark, bifid, and protrusible. Columella cranii absent.

Teeth few, large, recurved, resembling those of Heloderma. The taxa are as follows: silvery legless lizard, Anniella pulchra pulchra; black legless lizard, A. pulchra nigra; and Geronimo legless lizard, A. geronimensis.

These lizards are fossorial and prefer loose soil near moisture, such as beaches. They feed on small invertebrae animals including earthworms. The species are known to be viviparous.

 

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Aguidae

Monday, February 22nd, 2010


The purely American Annielidae , consists of two species.   Mainly subterranean in habits , it is known to be found near moisture, in loose soil such as beaches.  Unlike the Dibamidael,  Anniella has functional eyes and well developed eyelids.

The Anguindidae have their share of burrowers too , such as the well known slow-worm,  Anguis fragilis , a worm eating species found in Britain and in continental Europe.  They are remarkably long lived for lizards, being kept in captivity for over 50 years. and most effective eradicators of the garden “slug”.

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Unique to the continent of Australia and New Guinea is a family known as “scaly-footed lizards” and Pyrogodidae.  These are characterized by being limbless save for a pair of flaps near the vent.  They lack eyelids and the ear may be exposed or hidden.

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Legless Lizards

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008


Legless lizards sometimes seek cover under surface objects such as flat boards
and rocks where they lie barely covered in loose soil. They are often encountered buried in
leaf litter and commonly burrow near the surface through loose soil.
Little is known about specific habitat requirements for courtship and breeding.
Live young are born in the fall. . Legless lizards are often found where
substrates are slightly moist. Miller reported that moisture is an essential habitat
requirement.

Found primarily in areas with sandy or loose organic soils or where there is plenty
of leaf litter.

: Legless lizards have a relatively low thermal preferences , which allows them to be active on cool days as well as early in the morning and even at night during warmer periods, at which time mid-day activity is reduced. Individuals from coastal and southern localities are probably active all year with only brief periods of winter inactivity. Lizards from more inland sites, especially in the Sierra foothills, undergo winter hibernation. Predictable seasonal movements have not been reported for the species in California. Presumably all habitat requirements are met within the normal areas of activity.No data, but likely quite restricted. Have demonstrated high site fidelity over the short term. Some long distance wandering related to temporarily available food resources may occur. Attain high densities where habitat is suitable.Territory: No evidence for the territorial defense of resources has been reported.

The reproductive season begins with mating activities in late spring or early summer. The gestation period is about 4 months ive young are born in September, October, or even November. Litter size ranges from one to four but two is common. This secretive and little known lizard may occasionally be taken as prey by alligators lizard, snakes, birds, and small mammals. Competition for food, space, or other resources with most lizards with which it coexists is probably minimal because of the low thermal tolerances and preference for moist substrates exhibited by legless lizards. The diet of legless lizards probably overlaps to some extent with that of juvenile alligator lizards, skinks, and perhaps some salamanders.

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