American legless lizard

Summary

American legless lizard is a monotypic taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American legless lizard's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon^[3].
• American legless lizard is classified at the rank of family^[4].
• American legless lizard is classified within Anguimorpha^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, American legless lizard is Anniellidae^[6].
• American legless lizard's Commons category is recorded as Anniellidae^[7].
• American legless lizard's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Anniellidae^[8].
• American legless lizard's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature^[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, American legless lizard is Anniellidae^[6]. It is classified at the rank of family^[4]. It is classified within Anguimorpha^[5].

Identifiers

American legless lizard's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 32408^[10]. American legless lizard's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1329921^[11]. American legless lizard's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1729^[12]. American legless lizard's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5662^[13]. American legless lizard's ITIS TSN is recorded as 564537^[14].

Why It Matters

American legless lizard ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]