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Within the Anguidae, there’s a group of legless lizards also known as glass lizards or glass snakes. Most of these are members of the genus Ophiosaurus, which is made up of 15 species.

Legless lizards mostly eat insects such as grasshoppers, crickets , earthworms and spiders. They also consume snails, other lizards and small vertebrates such as newborn mice.

Legless lizards mostly eat insects such as grasshoppers, crickets , earthworms and spiders. They also consume snails, other lizards and small vertebrates such as newborn mice.

It’s uncommon to find a glass lizard with the original tail still intact, said Jeff Beane, the collections manager for herpetology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The Eastern glass ...