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Legless lizards--the family Pygopodidae--are lizards that have reduced or absent limbs and are commonly mistaken for snakes. They have external ears, inflexible jaws and flat, unforked tongues and there are at least 35 species identified.

Legless Lizard - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Legless lizard may refer to any of several groups of lizards which have independently lost limbs or reduced them to the point of being of no use in locomotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard
Burton's Legless Lizard - Lialis burtonis - ARKive

Learn more about the Burton's legless lizard - with amazing Burton's legless lizard photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/burtons-legless-lizard/lialis-burtonis/
Four Weird Legless Lizard Species Found - National Geographic

Four new species of legless lizard have been hiding in plain sight in gritty parts of southern California. Find out more about this new discovery
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/23/4-weird-legless-lizard-species-found/
Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus) - Animals - A-Z Animals

General information and taxonomy of the glass lizard from A-Z Animals
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/glass-lizard/
Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus - ARKive

Learn more about the Slender glass lizard - with amazing Slender glass lizard photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/slender-glass-lizard/ophisaurus-attenuatus/
What's the Difference Between a Snake and a Legless Lizard? - HowStuffWorks

The legless lizard is an entirely different creature from its slithery look-alike, the snake. Learn about the legless lizard evolution and more.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/snakes/legless-lizard-vs-snake.htm
Are Legless Lizards Snakes? - Livescience

No. Snakes are just the most successful of the many reptile lineages that went limbless, radiating over time into roughly 3,000 species that have exploited nearly every available habitat, from the treetops to the open ocean to the ground beneath our feet.
http://www.livescience.com/40810-are-legless-lizards-snakes.html
European Glass Lizard Fact Sheet - National Zoo

Legless lizards still retain free-floating remnants of a hipbone and tiny tips of hind legs. Learn other facts about legless lizards inside
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/reptilesamphibians/Facts/factsheets/Europeanglasslizard.cfm
Glass Lizard - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The glass lizards or glass snakes are a genus 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_lizard
Sheltopusik - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, or European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus) is a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltopusik

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Legless Lizard - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Legless lizard may refer to any of several groups of lizards which have independently lost limbs or reduced them to the point of being of no use in locomotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legless_lizard
Burton's Legless Lizard - Lialis burtonis - ARKive

Learn more about the Burton's legless lizard - with amazing Burton's legless lizard photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/burtons-legless-lizard/lialis-burtonis/
Four Weird Legless Lizard Species Found - National Geographic

Four new species of legless lizard have been hiding in plain sight in gritty parts of southern California. Find out more about this new discovery
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/23/4-weird-legless-lizard-species-found/
Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus) - Animals - A-Z Animals

General information and taxonomy of the glass lizard from A-Z Animals
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/glass-lizard/
Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuatus - ARKive

Learn more about the Slender glass lizard - with amazing Slender glass lizard photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/slender-glass-lizard/ophisaurus-attenuatus/
What's the Difference Between a Snake and a Legless Lizard? - HowStuffWorks

The legless lizard is an entirely different creature from its slithery look-alike, the snake. Learn about the legless lizard evolution and more.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/snakes/legless-lizard-vs-snake.htm
Are Legless Lizards Snakes? - Livescience

No. Snakes are just the most successful of the many reptile lineages that went limbless, radiating over time into roughly 3,000 species that have exploited nearly every available habitat, from the treetops to the open ocean to the ground beneath our feet.
http://www.livescience.com/40810-are-legless-lizards-snakes.html
European Glass Lizard Fact Sheet - National Zoo

Legless lizards still retain free-floating remnants of a hipbone and tiny tips of hind legs. Learn other facts about legless lizards inside
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/reptilesamphibians/Facts/factsheets/Europeanglasslizard.cfm
Glass Lizard - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The glass lizards or glass snakes are a genus 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_lizard
Sheltopusik - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, or European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus) is a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltopusik

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Legless Lizard

Legless lizards--the family Pygopodidae--are lizards that have reduced or absent limbs and are commonly mistaken for snakes. They have external ears, inflexible jaws and flat, unforked tongues and there are at least 35 species identified.

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