There are legless reptiles besides snakes that slither across the ground in North Carolina. Here’s what to know about them.

The legless lizards are highly sensitive to the noise and light generated by drilling operations. Climate change, wildfires, invasive species, and habitat loss from urban development and the ...

The slender glass lizard, which is usually tan or brown with long stripes along the length of its body, can grow as large as 42 inches long, and that would be a very large example, Owens said.

The diverse list of 968 new species includes previously unknown dinosaurs and extinct creatures, beetles, moths, sea slugs, geckos, fish, frogs, spiders, plants, fungi, worms and a legless skink.

The oil and gas industry damages lizard habitat by compacting the soil, changing moisture levels, removing plant cover and the leaf-litter layer, and releasing oil spills and chemicals. The legless ...

A legless lizard A new species of legless lizard was found slithering along the slopes of Serra da Neve, the second-tallest mountain in Angola.

The term “legless lizard” often refers to the Pygopodidae family native to Australia, though other species can be found all over the world except for Antarctica.

The diverse list of 968 new species includes previously unknown dinosaurs and extinct creatures, beetles, moths, sea slugs, geckos, fish, frogs, spiders, plants, fungi, worms and a legless skink.

Item 1 of 2 A Bakersfield Legless Lizard (Anniella grinnelli) is shown in this undated handout provided by the University of California, Berkeley September 19, 2013. REUTERS/James Parham, CSU ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California scientists have discovered four species of legless lizards hidden in unlikely habitats among central valley oil derricks, sand dunes at the end of a Los ...

The diverse list of 968 new species includes previously unknown dinosaurs and extinct creatures, beetles, moths, sea slugs, geckos, fish, frogs, spiders, plants, fungi, worms and a legless skink.

One of four newly discovered species of legless lizard is from Bakersfield and has a purple belly and yellow sides. UC Berkeley and Cal State-Fullerton biologists named it <i>Anniella grinnelli</i ...