Classification
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  • Spanish
    • lagartija sin patas del noreste
  • English
    • Eastern Slender Glass Lizard
    • Slender Glass Lizard
  • Scientific names
    • Ophisaurus attenuatus
    • Ophisaurus attenuatus sulcatus
    • Ophisaurus ventralis attenuatus

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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toby

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Mar 18, 2013 10:23 AM CDT

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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markpyle

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May 1, 2010

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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kucycads

Date

Apr 21, 2007

Place

Welda, KS (Google, OSM)

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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kucycads

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May 5, 2005

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Eastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus

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May 13, 2009

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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rrommel

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Nov 28, 2008

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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kucycads

Date

Apr 9, 2010

Place

Clinton Lake, Kansas (Google, OSM)

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Western Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus ssp. attenuatus

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toby

Date

Mar 25, 2007

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keegansmith417

Date

Apr 14, 2012

Place

Hillsboro Missouri (Google, OSM)

Description

This is the western Slender Glass Lizard..absolutely incredible! Im not sure if they get their common name from how smooth their scales are or how easily their tail breaks off into pieces.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Slender Glass Lizard, (Ophisaurus attenuatus) is a legless lizard which can attain a length of up to 1 meter. Two subspecies are recognised.

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Conservation Summary

    Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.