The eastern glass lizard is often mistaken for a snake. So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a ...

What do you call a reptile with no legs? If you answered “snake,” you’d be right. But did you know there’s another kind of reptile that fits the same description? They’re called legless lizards, and ...

This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through evolutionary history.

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. North Carolina is home to three kinds of legless lizards, also called glass lizards, which look ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. When you think of a lizard, you probably think of a scaly reptile with a tail and four visible limbs. The thing is, not all lizards ...

Q. We found a snake in our yard in Charleston, but have been unable to identify it from pictures in a field guide or on the web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year and send the ...

So you’ve got your hoe ready to whack off the head of a snake you found in your yard — but you should probably think twice. It might not be a snake at all and wildlife biologists will tell you in a ...