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Glass Lizards
Anguinae
Anguinae is a subfamily of legless lizards in the family Anguidae, commonly called glass lizards, glass snakes or slow worms. The first two names come from the fact their tails easily break or snap off. Members of Anguinae are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
5 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Slowworms
genusAnguis
North American Glass Lizards
genusOphisaurus
European Glass Lizards
genusPseudopus
Oriental Glass Lizards
genusDopasia
Koelliker's Glass Lizards
genusHyalosaurus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 797527.