What is a glass lizard?

Lizard is a lizard of the family Ophisaurus , of which there are about 15 species. Most species of glass lizards come from Asia, but some live in North America and at least one species, Ophisaurus koelikeri , comes from North Africa. The glass lizard is unusual because it resembles a snake because most species do not have legs. Other common names for glass lizards include a glass snake and a joint snake

It may be surprising to find that it is not the existence of a foot that indicates the difference between a snake and a lizard. While many people may not be able to recognize the difference between a glass lizard seen in a garden and a snake, a number of physical properties, including the shape of the head, make a glass lizard officially a lizard. The animal also has moving eye eyelids and external ear openings, two features are missing in the anatomy of the snake.

Glass lizard gets its name from its custom Brocas tail to many pieces, reminiscent of broken glass when the PR is endangerededitor. All pieces are still moving to distract the predators while the glass lizard causes escape. The tail conversion then requires a large amount of energy and the new tail is often smaller than the first.

Glass lizards are carnivorous, with a diet consisting of insects, arthropods and sometimes small mammals or birds, depending on the size of the glass lizard. Because they cannot leave their jaws like snakes, glass lizards cannot eat anything bigger than their head. The largest glass lizards exceed four feet (122 cm).

One of the largest glass lizards is Scheltopusik in southern Europe, which resembles a huge worm of the country. At the end of his body, he sometimes has two small legs and is unlikely to drop his tail because his large size allows him to defend himself. Thesechelopusik is sometimes kept as an exotic pet.