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- Glass_lizard abstract "The glass lizards or glass snakes are a genus, Ophisaurus (from the Greek 'snake-lizard'), of reptiles that resemble snakes, but are actually lizards. Although most species have no legs, their head shapes, movable eyelids, and external ear openings identify them as lizards. A few species have very small, stub-like legs near their rear vents. These are vestigial organs, meaning they have evolved and are no longer in use. These animals are also known as jointed snakes. They reach lengths of up to 4 ft (1.2 m), but about two-thirds of this is the tail. Glass lizards feed on insects, spiders, other small reptiles, and young rodents. Their diets are limited by their inability to unhinge their jaws. Some glass lizards give birth to live young but most lay eggs.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 several pieces, like glass. The tail remains mobile, distracting the predator, while the lizard becomes motionless, allowing eventual escape. This serious loss of body mass requires a considerable effort to replace, and can take years to do so. Despite this ability, the new tail is usually smaller in size than the original.The greatest number of species in the genus are native to Asia, from India to China and the Indonesian islands. At least one species, the Moroccan glass lizard, comes from North Africa, and several species live in the Southeastern United States including the barrier islands off the Atlantic Coast of Florida. They are also found in abundant numbers in eastern North Carolina as far as 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.".
- Glass_lizard class Reptile.
- Glass_lizard family Anguidae.
- Glass_lizard family Anguinae.
- Glass_lizard kingdom Animal.
- Glass_lizard order Diploglossa.
- Glass_lizard order Lizard.
- Glass_lizard order Squamata.
- Glass_lizard phylum Chordate.
- Glass_lizard phylum Vertebrate.
- Glass_lizard thumbnail Easternglass_lizard.JPG?width=300.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageExternalLink lizards-of-glass.html.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageID "347835".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageLength "3984".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageOutDegree "51".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageRevisionID "676980925".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Anguidae.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Anguinae.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Anguis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Asia.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_(ocean).
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Ocean.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Autotomy.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Category:Anguids.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Diploglossa.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ear.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Egg_(biology).
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Eyelid.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Florida.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink François_Marie_Daudin.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink India.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Indonesia.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Island_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Koellikers_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Lacertilia.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Limbless_vertebrates.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Mimic_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Moroccan_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink North_Africa.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophiosaurus_gracilis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_apodus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_attenuatus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_buettikoferi.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_ceroni.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_compressus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_formosensis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_gracilis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_hainanensis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_harti.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_incomptus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_koellikeri.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_mimicus.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_sokolovi.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_ventralis.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Ophisaurus_wegneri.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Predation.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Pygopodidae.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Reptile.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Sensu.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Sensu_lato.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Sheltopusik.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Slender_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Slowworm.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Snake.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Squamata.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Vertebrate.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Vestigial_organ.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Vestigiality.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Viviparous.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink Vivipary.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLink File:Eastern_Glass_Lizard_-_Adult.jpg.
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eastern glass lizard".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "Glass lizard".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lizard, glass".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ophisaurus".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "glass lizard".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "glass snake".
- Glass_lizard wikiPageWikiLinkText "legless lizards".
- Glass_lizard classis Reptile.
- Glass_lizard familia Anguidae.
- Glass_lizard genus "Ophisaurus".
- Glass_lizard genusAuthority "Daudin, 1803".
- Glass_lizard hasPhotoCollection Glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard imageCaption Eastern_glass_lizard.
- Glass_lizard imageCaption Ophisaurus_ventralis.
- Glass_lizard imageWidth "240".
- Glass_lizard infraordo Diploglossa.
- Glass_lizard name "Glass lizard".
- Glass_lizard ordo Squamata.
- Glass_lizard phylum Chordate.
- Glass_lizard regnum "Animalia".
- Glass_lizard subdivision "16".