How do you differentiat between a snake and a legless lizard?

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denerath | 3 years, 5 months ago

Legless lizards have inflexible jaws, they can move their eyelids, and they have ear openings. They can also detach their tail when they need to. Legless lizards also have a more limited range of motion, and if you pick it up it'll feel different than a snake would because of the different head-to-tail ratios.

source(s):
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/legless-lizard-vs-snake1.htm

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jfinke | 3 years, 5 months ago

A legless lizard (commonly referred to as a Glass lizard) is different from a snake in that the lizard has movable eyelids, external ear openings, and some species have what look like "leg stubs" where you would normally see legs...

So if you're willing to get close enough to a snake/lizard to examine it for these things, more power to you!

source(s):
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_lizard

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