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Island Glass Lizard vs. Slender Glass Lizard

Slender Glass Lizards also live in the dry, sandy places of the south-east. A: Plain, with no dark stripes below the groove in the Island Glass Lizard; bold dark stripes below the groove as well as above in the Slender Glass Lizard. B: One bold dark stripe on each side in the Island Glass Lizard; several dark stripes, with a dark one down the middle of the back in the Slender Glass Lizard. The Slender Glass Lizard grows longer (to 3.5 ft).

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Island Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus compressus

Slender Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus attenuatus
Island Glass Lizard vs. Slender Glass Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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