#california legless lizards

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) Emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)

2.) Spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus)

3.) Knob-scaled lizard (Xenosaurus grandis)

4.) Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)

5.) Storr's monitor (Varanus storri)

6.) California legless lizard (Anniella pulchra)

#reptiles #lizards #emerald tree monitors #spiny-tailed monitors #knob-scaled lizards #chinese crocodile lizards #storr's monitors #california legless lizards

[amnhnyc]

Ever heard of the five-toed worm lizard (Bipes biporus)? This burrowing critter isn’t a snake: It’s a member of a group called amphisbaenians, which include mostly legless reptiles. Growing about 8.3 in (21.1 cm) long, this species is an ectotherm, which means its body temperature depends on its immediate environment. Using its tiny clawed digits to dig underground, it tends to hang out closer to the surface during the early hours of the day, then burrows deeper below the Earth as the Sun peaks. It can be found in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. 

Photo: gerardo_marron, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

#nature #animals #dyk #weird animals #animal kingdom #animal facts #five toed worm lizard #fact of the day #strange animal

[herpsandbirds]

California Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra), "blue form", family Anniellidae, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

photographs by vabbley

#legless lizard #anniella #anniellidae #lizard #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

[yesyoubelonghere]

A young rosey boa. About the size of a #2 pencil ✏️

Actually, after some research. This has been ID'd as a California legless lizard. Which is even more exciting to have seen!!

[blubushie]

LEGLESS LIZARD ENJOYER, YEAH!

I like slow worms specifically cause they're something my dad taught me about extensively (handling, how to check for them before cutting grass, parts of the garden they'll primarily live in, plants you should have so they thrive, that kinda shit) and when I was in school I became the lil guy everyone (including some teachers) went to when they found one in an area that wasn't safe for it. I was relocating these fuckers left and right on school property! I got pulled out of class a few times to get these little guys off the field during others PE classes.

Also I remember one time my dad was holding one and talking to me and my buddy and they asked him if they bite, which he replies "no", and then it proceeds to bite him and draw blood. Funniest interaction ever witnessed. I had to explain to my friend he wasn't lying about the biting and his "no" was meant as a "they're not known for it" rather than a "they're incapable" since dad's English wasn't the best

They're a protected species in the uk, which means buying/selling them and intentionally causing them harm is illegal which I think is pretty neat, but it's also why I was pulled out of class sometimes to deal with them. Since I knew how to safely handle them without making them uncomfortable or drop their tails, I was called on when there was no choice but to move one and there was no adult or student currently present in that class that could deal with them.

I watched two of them bite each other's heads once it was very cute

AAAAAAAAAAAA I fucking love them! When I lived in California and went to high school I'd be called to deal with any animal whatsoever what showed up on school property they didn't want there. Most were snakes and bugs like spiders. I'm known for it in the neighbourhood too and used to get rang by neighbours to remove rattlesnakes, which consisted of me grabbing my bike and a lidded bucket and my tongs and HAULING ARSE to the person's house before they'd kill the snake. I caught maybe a dozen rattlesnakes that way. I miss it. Heaps fun.

#blu whos

[awesome-animals-for-reference]

Lizard!! (pt 1)

Southern Blind Legless Skink

Mexican Mole Lizard

omg, little man. he's so cute >:3c

Australian Barking Gecko

Cat Gecko

Least Gecko

Masobe Gecko

Geckolepis Megalepis

It strips to escape predators. Nakey.

Ebenau's Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Writhing Skink

Dotted Writhing Skink

Bobtail Lizard

Armadillo Girdled Lizard

California Whiptail

Rainbow Ameiva

[petnews2day]

CDFW News | CDFW Seeks Information Related to Temblor Legless Lizard

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/VP41

CDFW News | CDFW Seeks Information Related to Temblor Legless Lizard

CDFW Seeks Information Related to Temblor Legless Lizard The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking data and comments on a proposal to list the Temblor legless lizard under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The Temblor legless lizard (Anniella alexanderae) is a unique, limbless lizard endemic to the alkali desert scrub and […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/VP41 #ReptileNews

#Reptile News

[herpsandbirds]

California Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra), family Anniellidae, Southern California, USA

Photograph by Kuoni W.

#legless lizard #anniella #lizard #reptile #herpetology #nature #animals #north america #anniellidae

[herpsandbirds]

California Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra), family Anniellidae, Los Osos, CA, USA

photographs by marlin harms 

#anniella #anniellidae #legless lizard #lizard #reptile #herpetology #north america #animals #nature