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Mimic Glass Lizard vs. Slender Glass Lizard

The Mimic was named for looking like the Slender Glass Lizard; only a scale count along the side groove proves it (under 96 against over 98). A: Pale, the stripes faint or missing below the side groove in the Mimic Glass Lizard; bold dark stripes below the side groove as well as above in the Slender Glass Lizard. Both have a dark stripe down the middle of the back; the Mimic is small (up to about 26 in), the Slender big (up to about 42 in).

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Mimic Glass Lizard

Ophisaurus mimicus

Slender Glass Lizard

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

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

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