Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 A legless lizard, called a slow worm over here. Very rare and protected.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 We call it a snake here in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 We call it a snake here in the U.S. Actually, you don't, snakes don't have eye lids. It's a burrowing lizard whose legs evolved away a long time ago. If you dissect one you find legs on the inside. They also don't move like any snake, more like a sideways caterpillar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I guess my little joke wasn't as funny as I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I guess my little joke wasn't as funny as I thought. I thought you were mistaken rather than being funny. Now I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparguy Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 It almost looks like a skink lizard without legs, the skinks we have here in Texas look like that but have legs and can run really fast http://www.google.com/search?q=texas+skink+lizard&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GPCK_enUS368&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=t0iyUYKOHMiZjAKdhIHoDg&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparguy Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 We also have the Texas Horned Toad, these are really realy cool lizards, havent seen one around this area in at least 20 years, used to catch them all the time as a kid but the damn fireant took their toll on them http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/meverden_brad/images/Texas_Horned_Lizard_02%2520allen%2520chartier.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/meverden_brad/&h=336&w=504&sz=36&tbnid=UFqVJQzDf-y3UM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtexas%2Bhorned%2Btoad%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=texas+horned+toad&usg=__z5IO9zk1b3GDgQuVPVg_diBuDiQ=&docid=x7nW7druZhKsqM&sa=X&ei=RUmyUfHNJ-TjiALVzYCYAQ&ved=0CD0Q9QEwAg&dur=666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparguy Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Check out some of the pictures and the behaviors in the link I put up, I think its really interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 We normally call them glass lizards over here - and they are pretty rare here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparguy Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Ive always had a soft spot for them because they look so cool, they are harmless also, only the horns on their heads are solid, the one on the body are soft, really cool reptile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Legs or no legs, they taste like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I'm gonna get legless tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 There are half-a-dozen living under a flagstone in our garden; three adults and three young 'uns. This is the third year we've had them. My daughter did an 'Eco-project' for school during the holidays the week before last and took pictures of them; A peculiar thing was the last time we lifted the slab there were also two lizards - an adult and a baby. The adult was only about 3" (8cm) long. I had never seen one in the garden before. No pics, sadly. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Glad to see that slow worms are still around. These are the first ones I've seen since I was 7. Interested in the lizard... Any clue what it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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