The Island Packet

This SC critter masquerades as a snake. Here’s how to tell the difference

Have you ever thought you saw a strange looking snake wriggling rather than slithering across the road or through your lawn? It may not have been a snake. The eastern glass lizard is a common sight ...
Post and Courier

A lizard commonly found in South Carolina looks like a snake. Here’s how to tell the difference.

If you’re wandering around beach dunes or marsh trails in the Charleston area, you might just spot something that looks like a snake sliding through the underbrush. But with a closer look, you may ...
The Herald SC

Is that a snake or one of NC’s 3 legless lizards? How to tell them apart

North Carolina is home to three legless lizard species, often mistaken for snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes with ear openings, eyelids and more rigid bodies. Glass lizards eat insects and ...
Yahoo

Is that a snake or one of NC’s three legless lizards? Here’s how to tell

That long, scaly thing slithering on the ground is probably a snake. But there’s a chance it’s not. The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they ...
The Herald SC

This SC critter looks like a snake, but don’t be fooled. Here’s how to tell the difference

Have you ever thought you saw a strange looking snake wriggling its way across the road or through your lawn? It may not have been a snake, but, instead, a legless lizard. The eastern glass lizard can ...
Post and Courier

ECOVIEWS: Legless lizards look like snakes

Q. We found a snake in our yard in Charleston, but have been unable to identify it from pictures in a field guide or on the web. Is it an exotic species? A. I get this query every year and send the ...