Yahoo

Is that a SC snake or a lizard without legs? There’s a difference. Here’s how to tell

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. (file photo/Submitted photo) So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the ...
Yahoo

Is that a SC snake or a lizard without legs? There’s a difference. Here’s how to tell

The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...
Newsweek

Snakes and Lizards Are Locked in an Epic Evolutionary Battle

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...
Nature

Lizard and Snake Evolution in the Fossil Record

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...
The State

Is that a SC snake or a lizard without legs? There’s a difference. Here’s how to tell

So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a snake at all and wildlife biologists will tell you in a ...
Charlotte Observer

Is that a snake or one of NC’s three legless lizards? Here’s how to tell

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look ...
Reuters

Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like ...