legless lizard

• Nome comum dado a diversas espécies de lagartos que evoluíram perdendo os membros funcionais, assemelhando-se a serpentes, mas mantendo características de lagarto, como pálpebras e aberturas auditivas externas.

A common name for various species of lizards that have evolved to have no functional limbs, resembling snakes but retaining lizard features such as eyelids and external ear openings.

1. Limbless reptileB2formal

   A reptile that resembles a snake but is actually a lizard without legs, belonging to various families such as Anguidae or Pygopodidae.

   lagarto sem patas

   • The legless lizard is often mistaken for a snake due to its appearance.
   • Unlike snakes, legless lizards have eyelids and external ear openings.
   • Some species of legless lizards can shed their tails to escape predators.