Biology:Glass lizard
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An eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis).
A glass lizard, or glass snake, is one of several lizard species belonging to the family Anguidae, so called because their tail easily breaks or snaps off. They are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Their origins started in Europe and spread towards Asia after the drying of the Turgai Sea and then across Beringia to the North America region.[1]
Not all lizards known as glass lizard belong to the same genus. The word "glass lizard" may refer to any of the following genera:
- Dopasia (7 species), native to eastern Asia
- Hyalosaurus (1 species), native to North Africa
- Ophisaurus (6 species), native to eastern North America
- Pseudopus (1 extant species), native to Europe and Asia
References
- ↑ Lavin, & Girman, D. J. (2019). Phylogenetic relationships and divergence dating in the Glass Lizards (Anguinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution., 133, 128–140.
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