Western
Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Iroquois Co., Illinois. July 23, 1996
Image courtesy of Ken Felsman.
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Herpetofauna - One Life's List Western
Slender Glass Lizard Iroquois Co., Illinois. July 23, 1996 |
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Image courtesy of Ken Felsman. |
Disturbed while sunning alongside an abandoned farmhouse, my first Glass Lizard eluded capture, out-foxing two grown men. Unlike snakes, these lizards can reverse direction on a dime, and they are fast! The following year, one crossed a sand road in front of our vehicle, and I was able to jump out and slap hands over it - it appears they cannot move very fast on open sand, as they can in the grass! |
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