Anniella stebbinsi

Papenfuss & Parham, 2013 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Anguidae/Anniella

At a glance

Occurrence records1 436

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Anniella stebbinsi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 436 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 436 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.9 Gbp

01Narrative

Anniella stebbinsi, the Southern California legless lizard, is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. Not much is known about the Southern California legless lizard as a separate species, with most observations conducted while it was not recognised as separate from Anniella pulchra.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anniella stebbinsi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Anniella stebbinsi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 893 391 702 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Anniella stebbinsi1.89 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelChromosome

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 436 records

Wild obs. + sensor822

Museum / vouchered614

Origin

Native306

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 752 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 339≤1 km 60≤10 km 23>10 km 320

742 georeferenced · 80 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor822

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy59% within 1 km

≤100 m 197≤1 km 91≤10 km 193>10 km 9

490 georeferenced · 124 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence614

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
San Diego, US	347
Berkeley, US	161
Ensenada, MX	23
Los Angeles, US	21
San Francisco, US	20
	8
CASlocation not on record	7
Ann Arbor, US	6
EL PASO, US	5
Washington, US	4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	4
South Kensington, GB	2
Chicago, US	2
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 611 of 614 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

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Anniella stebbinsi

At a glance

Sources8 archives

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 436 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 14 geolocated

Record type1 436 records