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The Slender Glass Lizard, (Ophisaurus attenuatus) is a legless lizard which can attain a length of up to 1 metre. Two subspecies are recognised. Image File history File links Slender_glass_lizard. ...
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Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
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Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ...
Groups Lepidosauromorpha Archosauromorpha Sauria is a clade of the reptilian family tree, that includes all living diapsids, as well as their common ancestor and all its extinct descendents, which date back to Permian times. ...
Genera Anguis Ophisaurus Pseudopus Celestus Diploglossus Ophiodes Abronia Barisia Coloptychon Elgaria Gerrhonotus Mesaspis Classification Family Anguidae Subfamily Anguinae Genus Anguis Genus Ophisaurus Genus Pseudopus Subfamily Diploglossinae Genus Celestus Genus Diploglossus Genus Ophiodes Subfamily Gerrhonotinae Genus Abronia Genus Barisia Genus Coloptychon Genus Elgaria Genus Gerrhonotus Genus Mesaspis Categories: Lizards | Anguids ...
Species see text The Glass Lizards, genus Ophisaurus, are a group of reptiles that resemble snakes, but are actually lizards. ...
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Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840–April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. ...
1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Families Many, see text. ...
In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ...
Subspecies Binomial name Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope, 1880 The Slender Glass Lizard, (Ophisaurus attenuatus) is a legless lizard which can attain a length of up to 1 metre. ...
Edward Drinker Cope Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840–April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. ...
1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Edwin H. McConkey is a U.S. biologist. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Description Slender glass lizards have a yellow to brown body with six stripes and lateral grooves. Unlike snakes, they have eyelids and ears. Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes (from Old English snaca, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base snag- or sneg-, to crawl), also known as ophidians, are cold blooded...
Geographic distribution This glass lizard is mainly found in the eastern half of the United States, from as far north as Wisconsin across to Virginia, south to Florida, and west to Texas in grasslands or open woodlands. Species see text The Glass Lizards, genus Ophisaurus, are a group of reptiles that resemble snakes, but are actually lizards. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area Ranked 23rd - Total 65,498 sq. ...
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Behavior Slender glass lizards are diurnal, so they are quite often seen, but they can move fast (with a serpentine movement like that of a snake). If captured, a specimen may thrash vigorously, causing part of the tail to fall off in one or more pieces. While a potential predator is distracted by the wiggling tail, the lizard quickly escapes. They sleep in burrows borrowed from other animals, and in the northern reaches of its range, slender glass lizards will use those burrows to hibernate through the winter. A diurnal animal is an animal that sleeps during the night and is active during the day. ...
Diet They eat a range of insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets and beetles, and will also consume spiders, small mice, snails, and the eggs of other reptiles and ground-nesting birds. Unlike snakes, glass lizards do not have flexible jaws, and this limits the size of prey items they can consume. They forage both above ground and underground in burrows. Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ...
Families Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the most diverse groups of insects. ...
Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that produce silk, and have two tagma, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ...
Feral mouse A mouse (Plural mice) is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents. ...
The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ...
An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams In some animals, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. ...
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Orders Many - see section below. ...
Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes (from Old English snaca, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base snag- or sneg-, to crawl), also known as ophidians, are cold blooded...
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Reproduction Mating typically occurs bi-annually, in mid-spring. The female lays and broods a clutch averaging 12 eggs in June or July. Eggs hatch 50-60 days after being laid. Hatchlings are 10-13 cm in length. Sexual maturity is attained at two or three years of age.
Conservation status Although not endangered overall in the US, it is regarded as vulnerable or endangered in some states. Primary threats are loss of habitat, and the fragmentation of what remains, by human development. An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ...
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