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Eastern glass lizards are most active during the day and can be found foraging in open habitats but also like to take refuge beneath debris. [16] A study in 2020 found O. ventralis using a crayfish burrow as habitat in southeastern Mississippi. Various invertebrates and vertebrates are known to use these burrows but this is the first time a ...
The Eastern glass lizard is one of three legless lizards that can be found in North Carolina. Where in North Carolina do glass lizards live? The glass lizard most likely to be found in the ...
Anguinae is a subfamily of legless lizards in the family Anguidae, commonly called glass lizards, glass snakes or slow worms. The first two names come from the fact their tails easily break or snap off. Members of Anguinae are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)Ophisaurus (from the Greek 'snake-lizard') is a genus of superficially snake-like legless lizards in the subfamily Anguinae.Known as joint snakes, glass snakes, or glass lizards, they are so-named because their tails are easily broken; like many lizards, they have the ability to deter predation by dropping off part of the tail, which can break into ...
The western slender glass lizard reaches an average of 0.66 m (26 in). It can be found in woods or dry rocky hillsides, in grass or the burrows of small mammals. The species can easily camouflage itself in tall grass because of its color. [9] Eastern slender glass lizard, O. a. longicaudus McConkey, 1952 [10]
Eastern slender glass lizard: Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus: Anguidae: Apparently secure (S4) Eastern glass lizard: Ophisaurus ventralis: Anguidae: State threatened Critically imperiled (S1) Eastern fence lizard: Sceloporus undulatus: Phrynosomatidae: Secure (S5) Northern coal skink: Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus: Scincidae: Vulnerable ...
Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. [1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary list of the reptiles of the area. [2] Turtles (Testudinate)
The eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) and slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus) may reach lengths of up to 108 cm (3.54 ft) [36] and 107 cm (3.51 ft) [37] respectively. However, this family also has lizards with legs, among which the largest is the Texas alligator lizard ( Gerrhonotus infernalis ) growing to from 45.7 cm (18 in ...