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Ophiodes – a genus of legless lizard native to South America, nested within the otherwise legged galliwasps (Diploglossidae). Gymnophthalmidae – a large neotropical family containing many species with reduced limbs, the most extreme being the 23 species in the genus Bachia , which escape by making sudden saltatory "figure-8" flicks with the ...
Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. [2] The 47 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes.
Lebanon fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus tristrami) Yemen fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus yemenicus) Fitzinger's algyroides (Algyroides fitzingeri) Blue-throated keeled lizard (Algyroides nigropunctatus) Anatolian rock lizard (Anatololacerta anatolica) Danford's lizard (Anatololacerta danfordi) Anatololacerta oertzeni
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 ...
Anniella stebbinsi, the Southern California or San Diegan legless lizard, [1] [2] is a small, slender lizard, and, as the name suggests, is legless. [3] Not much is known about the lizard as a unique species, with most observations conducted while it was not recognised as separate from Anniella pulchra, the Californian legless lizard.
The full body of a sheltopusik. The sheltopusik can reach a length of 135 cm (4.43 ft). It is tan colored, paler on the ventral surface and the head, with a ring-like/segmented appearance that makes it look like a large earthworm with a distinctive fold of skin down each side called a lateral groove.
Predators of the hooded scaly-foot include: raptors, elapid snakes, goannas, feral cats, and foxes. Burton's snake lizard (Lialis burtonis) is also known to eat legless lizards. In all cases, legless lizards are a minor component of the predator's diet. [7]
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]