Back Ophisaurus ventralis CEB Ophisaurus ventralis Basque Ophisaurus ventralis French Oostelijke glasslang Dutch Naʼashǫ́ʼii bijáád ádiní diłhiłígíí NV Ophisaurus ventralis Swedish Ophisaurus ventralis Vietnamese Ophisaurus ventralis WAR
| Eastern glass lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Ophisaurus |
| Species: | O. ventralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae and the longest and heaviest species of glass lizards in the genus Ophisaurus,[5][failed verification] endemic to the Southeastern United States. The streamlined, legless species is often confused with snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes as they possess a moveable eyelid and an external ear opening as well as a lateral groove that separates the different types of scales on the animal,[6] all three of these features are absent in snakes. Snakes also have flexible jaws while lizards do not.[5] Ventralis comes from the Latin "venter" meaning belly; this is in reference to the snake-like movement. [7]
- ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Ophisaurus ventralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63721A12710178. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63721A12710178.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Ophisaurus ventralis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ "Ophisaurus ventralis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Ophisaurus ventralis, pp. 60-61).
- ^ a b Holman, Alan. "Ophisaurus Glass lizards". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.
- ^ "Virginia Herpetological Society". www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ Holbrook, John Edwards (1842). "Ophisaurus ventralis – Linnaeus". North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. 2: 139–142. doi:10.5962/p.326791.