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Are sloworms related to skinks?

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Vickie Lizard View Drop Down
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    Posted: 23 Apr 2007 at 3:31pm

 I have been keeping some sloworms for my children to study, during this time we have found that they seem very similar to my pink tongued skink.

 I have heard that sloworms are actualy legless lizards, and on some individuals, we can see the remainder of leg buds. I was also wondering if anyone keeps glass lizards, which I believe to be related too.

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good question,i don know if they are related but cerainly the same as glass lizards.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Alan Hyde Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2007 at 2:00pm
Hi Vickie.
I'm no expert on this subject and have often pondered the same.
Looking at snake eyed skinks in Turkey I thought, "Is this a slow worm with tiny legs?"
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I remember coming across a Glass Lizard nearly 20 years ago in Corfu and it gave me quite a shock.  It looked like a Slow Worm that had been genetically modified by an evil Scientist and grown to about 3.5 feet long.
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