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Are sloworms related to skinks? |
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Vickie Lizard
Member Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6 |
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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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james4
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good question,i don know if they are related but cerainly the same as glass lizards.
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Alan Hyde
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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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O-> O+>
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st rick
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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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