Family: Anguidae, Anguid Lizards view all from this family

Description 18-42 5/8" (46.0-108.3 cm). Stiff legless lizard with eyelids and external ear openings. White markings near edges of back scales. Groove along sides; no dark stripes or pigment below groove; no dark stripe down middle of back.

Breeding Clutch of 8-17 eggs, laid in spring or summer, hatch in 2 months. Females remain with eggs during incubation.

Habitat Damp grassland, open woods.

Range Coastal Plain of North Carolina, through Florida to e. Louisiana.

Discussion Diurnal. Best time to observe this lizard is early morning, when it forages in the damp grass lining highways near marshes and wet savannahs. Tail shatters readily.