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Ophisaurus
when they are babies they have legs when they get older the legs fall off or on some species tucked into the body they are often mistaken for snakes
under ground in dense preferably dry shrub
Spotted on May 12, 2012
Submitted on Apr 30, 2013
4 Comments
nice
thanks for the genus part of the latin name
yep thats him theres plenty in florida
Hi Jamie, nice find! There is a good chance that this is an Eastern Glass Lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis, though without seeing the rest of the body it might not be possible to confirm.
Here is some info on the Eastern Glass Lizard:
http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/ophven.h...
http://www.wildflorida.com/wildlife/liza...
Glass Lizards are really neat reptiles! However, I am pretty sure that Glass Lizards are born without legs. There are other species of lizards that look similar (like skinks) that have small legs or move very quickly, appearing as though they don't have legs.
Here is a picture of a newly hatched Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus), a species in the same Genus as your lizard:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/EndangeredResour...