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Glass lizards are named so because they can be quite fragile. A glass lizard will drop its tail in self defense and may do this without the tail even being touched! When they tail breaks, it may sometimes do so in pieces, which has led to the myth that these lizards can piece their tails back together again - though this isn't true. Instead, glass lizards grow a new tail that looks different than before. This has led to another common name for these animals: the horned snake. The snake part comes in because glass lizards are legless lizards! They have vestigial limbs or no limbs at all! Glass lizards are also known as glass snakes, but they aren't snakes - they're not even venomous! Give our video a watch to see how you can spot the differences! Scientific Name: Glass lizards are classified in the family Anguidae and their genera include: Dopasia, Hyalosaurus, Ophisaurus, and Pseudopus Range: Northern Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas Size: may be longer than 4 feet (1.22m) in largest species but on average about half this length Diet: insects, spiders, slugs, snails, worms, small mammals Lifespan: up to 20 years ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉   / animalfactfiles   You can learn more on: Twitter -   / animalfactfiles   Facebook -   / animalfactfiles   --- Image and Video Credits: Andreas Kay -    • Speckled worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuligino...   Albanian Herper -    • Herping in Butrint,Saranda - Sheltopusik (...  ;    • Herping in Butrint ,Saranda,Albania,May 26...   Julio Maciel -    • Found a legless lizard home - Encontrei um...   Bee Royal -    • Bardzo rzadkie zwierze Anguis fragilis / E...   Peter Paplanus - https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpete... https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpete... https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpete... smashtonlee05 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1660879... Hunter Desportes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hdport/... Maximilian Paradiz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxorz/... Everglades National Park - https://www.flickr.com/photos/evergla... Nick Varvel - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1565137... pondhawk - https://www.flickr.com/photos/3868661... https://www.flickr.com/photos/3868661... Chris Barnes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/matlock... Morteza Johari - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1454735... Nesnad - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... sirmark - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/85... Luiz Puodziuz - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/88... https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/88... Tobias Schonberg - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/93... https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/93... Rachel Whitt - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/96... Research Credits: https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://www.britannica.com/animal/gla... https://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/ophv... https://www.google.com/books/edition/... https://indiabiodiversity.org/species... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koellik... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheltop... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguidae