Pink-Tailed worm lizard can breathe easy at Coombs

I find the bit about storm water interesting. I would have thought ALL new suburbs would have to send their story water through a GPT? But this makes it sound like that will be special to Coombs?

zippyzippy said :

devils_advocate said :

I thought lizards had legs. This looks more like a snake. Well a pink worm-like snake.

I think the pink tailed worm lizard actually has back legs but no fore legs. Also, because it only grows up to 14cm, it looks more like a worm. I know this from the handy information sign I saw while walking in one of Canberra’s nature parks. 🙂

Well yes it certainly looks like a worm, as the hands in the photo provide scale.

As for the difference, well bugger me apparently a legless lizard is nothing like a snake.

As mentioned above, lizards have ear openings. Other differences include lizards having eyelids, not being able to detach their jaws, and being able to shed their tails. A lizard also has a more limited range of movement.

Learn something new every day!

devils_advocate said :

I thought lizards had legs. This looks more like a snake. Well a pink worm-like snake.

I think the pink tailed worm lizard actually has back legs but no fore legs. Also, because it only grows up to 14cm, it looks more like a worm. I know this from the handy information sign I saw while walking in one of Canberra’s nature parks. 🙂

devils_advocate said :

I thought lizards had legs. This looks more like a snake. Well a pink worm-like snake.

The difference is that lizards have ears and snakes don’t.

Good on them. It’d be a pretty sad situation if we weren’t smart enough as a species to maintain the habitats other species need to survive.

CitizenK said :

WTF – does someone make these rare and endangered animals up?
I’d bet my bottom dollar that if such a creature truly did exist that it would NOT only live in the fields that would be Coombs.

So let’s get this right: The existence of a creature that is defined as not only rare but endangered suprises you?

Despite photographic evidence of it’s existence, you’re further suprised that a creature near extinction habituates only in a small area which – strangely enough – hasn’t been developed?

If only having your ignorance shattered resulted in amazement rather than annoyance!

devils_advocate said :

I thought lizards had legs.

The ones with legs do.

I thought lizards had legs. This looks more like a snake. Well a pink worm-like snake.

I would keep those in some sort of terrarium if it was legal. They are very cute.

Well I really am glad, no sarcasm.