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The slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus) is a legless lizard in the glass lizard subfamily . [4] The species is endemic to the United States. Two subspecies are recognized. The lizard was originally believed to be a subspecies of the eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis). Their name comes from their easily broken tail which they ...
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.
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 glass lizard most likely to be found in the Triangle is the slender glass lizard. The mimic glass lizard is rare. The lizards often prefer to be around bodies of water , but they’re found ...
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.
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 ...
Eastern slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus; Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus; Eastern glass lizard Ophisaurus ventralis; Snakes. Order: Squamata.
Ten species of lizards are native to Nebraska. [1] [2] Six-lined racerunner; Five-lined skink; Many-lined skink; Great Plains skink; Prairie skink; Lesser earless lizard; Slender glass lizard; Pygmy short-horned lizard; Sagebrush lizard; Eastern fence lizard