Florida Sand Skink vs. Eastern Glass Lizard

Eastern Glass Lizards hunt the same sandhills and scrub as Sand Skinks across the central ridges. A: Tiny legs: one toe in front, two behind in the Florida Sand Skink; no legs at all in the Eastern Glass Lizard. B: No groove along the side; plain, shiny grey-tan in the Florida Sand Skink; a deep groove along each side, with no dark stripes below it in the Eastern Glass Lizard. C: Tiny: 4 to 5 in in the Florida Sand Skink; huge: 18 to 43 in in the Eastern Glass Lizard. Both are legless-looking lizards with eyelids, not snakes. The Sand Skink swims through loose sand and is rarely seen on top.

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