New Lizard Species Discovered

[Kristy]

New limbless lizard discovered about 10 days ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18919206/

[TekWarren]

awesome

[steveo]

Thats great news

[Reptilian]

Cool but one thing I don't understand is how does it move. What the article states is that snakes move by locomation, which isn't that moving a bit forward and bring the body up behind it, like a worm? Or am I reading it wrong.

[wildlifewarrior]

10 days is extremely quick for a species to be discovered, identified and not something previously known, submitted to other scientists and herpetologists for verification. It is great news, for the herp community.


~mike

[Kristy]

I thought it was pretty quick too lol.


I love reading articles about newly discovered reptile species. The sad part is though, due to habitat depletion alot og them are going to be severely endangered in their natural habitat soon if we don't do something to fix it.

[wildlifewarrior]

I thought it was pretty quick too lol.


I love reading articles about newly discovered reptile species. The sad part is though, due to habitat depletion alot og them are going to be severely endangered in their natural habitat soon if we don't do something to fix it.

Alot are almost imediatly protected, because not enough is known about wild populations, habitat requirements, etc so they are placed under protection until they are better known and understood.

~mike

[bearhart]

yea, I wish they had described exactly what the difference between a snake and a limbless lizard is. That thing looks like a snake to me.

[Mendel's Balls]

yea, I wish they had described exactly what the difference between a snake and a limbless lizard is. That thing looks like a snake to me.

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