This lizard species has only been found at four sites ... for oil and gas drilling in Kern County, California’s largest oil-producing county. More than 98% of the entire Temblor legless lizard’s range ...

LOS ANGELES— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously agreed today to protect the Temblor legless lizard under the ...

With 600 species, skinks form one of the two largest lizard families ... well-developed muscles and scales," he says. "But legless lizards still count on their spine to be able to move." ...