There are legless reptiles besides snakes that slither across the ground in North Carolina. Here’s what to know about them.

Snakes evolved from lizards, Beane said, because over time, some lizards adopted a lifestyle that didn’t require legs. Similarly, there are snakes with tiny limbs that they hardly ever use.

They can be 18 inches to 43 inches long and go about their days eating spiders, insects, crabs, snails, eggs from ground-nesting birds, small mammals, snakes, and lizard eggs.

How to tell a glass lizard from a snake . There are several physical characteristics that differentiate snakes and legless lizards: Glass lizards in North Carolina have ear openings on the sides ...

Glass (legless) lizards look remarkably snake-like. We talked to wildlife experts to find out how to tell the difference. Is that a snake or one of NC’s three legless lizards?

Mancke said his grandmother would have called the creatures a glass snake. But they can easily be identified as a lizard and not a snake because they have ear holes in the side of their heads and ...