Not so, as we'll soon learn; the snake vs. legless lizard distinction is one worth knowing about. Legless Lizards and Snakes ...

McKITTRICK, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Temblor legless lizard may qualify for protection ...

LOS ANGELES— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously agreed today to protect the Temblor legless lizard under the ...

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...

Slithering up to three feet long, the reptile belongs to a new genus and species of amphisbaenians, a “charismatic group” of “legless lizards” that has “attracted and puzzled researchers ...

However, few people realise that the ancestors of these legless reptiles once had limbs. Over millions of years, snakes evolved from legged lizard-like creatures into the slithering serpents we ...

Although often mistaken as a deadly brown snake, Josh Newbert, a wildlife volunteer and licensed snake catcher, confirmed to Yahoo it's likely a legless lizard and not a snake at all. "There are ...

The tail can also grow back. Some skinks have reduced limbs or are even legless like snakes, but their body structure remains close to that of lizards. The difference lies in their movement ...

If you see a slow worm (Anguis fragilis) in your garden, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a snake. But it's actually a legless lizard, the only such creature native to Britain. Slow worms are ...