Glass Snake

Glass Snake
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for the snakelike legless lizards of the genus Ophisaurus found in the S and central United States and in Eurasia.

OTHER NAMES: Legless Lizard, Glass Snake.
DESCRIPTION: A long, slender, limbless lizard superficially resembling a snake, relatively recently described (Palmer 1987).

I have a worm snake Celuta amaena - black snake - two Heterodons - blue racer, water snakes & several others, several salamanders new to me, a lizard and a fine glass snake - lots of fish, etc. I did best among the snakes and lizards.

Glass lizards (family Anguidae), often called "glass snakes", are legless lizards. Their long tails break off easily, hence the name. The tails do regenerate but without any markings.

The glass lizard (also known as the glass snake and the jointed snake) are a group of reptiles that resemble snakes, but are actually lizards.

This species is also known as a Glass Snake, Glass Lizard, Jointed Snake, or similar. The genus name Ophisaurus literally means "snake" (ophio) "lizard" (saurus).
Habitats ...

Slowworm or Blindworm - Anguis fragilis
Glass Snake or Scheltopusik - Ophisaurus apodus
Alligator lizards
Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae ...

See also: Lizard, Snake, Reptile, Glass Lizard, Burro