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These lizards are often distinguishable from snakes on the basis of one or more of the following characteristics: possessing eyelids, possessing external ear openings, lack of broad belly scales, notched rather than forked tongue, having two more-or-less-equal lungs, and/or having a very long tail (while snakes have a long body and short tail). [1]
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.
Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. [2] Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards", [3] "flap-footed lizards" [4] and "snake-lizards". [5] This species is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. [6]
North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look remarkably similar to snakes: the Eastern glass lizard, the slender glass lizard and the mimic glass ...
Photos show the Serra da Neve lance-skink which looks like a cross between a worm and a snake. Its body has a pinkish coloring with a darker brown band running down the length of its back.
Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. [4] Other genera, such as Neoseps, have reduced limbs and fewer than five toes on each foot. In such species, their locomotion resembles that of snakes more than that of lizards with well-developed limbs. As a general rule, the ...
The eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae and the longest and heaviest species of glass lizards in the genus Ophisaurus, [5] [failed verification] endemic to the Southeastern United States. The streamlined, legless species is often confused with snakes.
Legless lizards are often killed due to their similar appearance to snakes. [6] A number of external characteristics can be used to distinguish legless lizards (including the hooded scaly-foot) from snakes: [8] [6] [7] Flap-footed lizards have vestigial hind limbs. Legless lizards have broad, fleshy tongues, dissimilar from the forked tongues ...