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Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs #427159 05/03/10 06:54 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 514 Italy michelangelo OP Scrapper
OP michelangelo Scrapper Joined: May 2008 Posts: 514 Italy	Hi all, today after a brief ([censored] job!) walking here Uploaded with ImageShack.us I was cleaning up my garden, and as usual I found this little fellow Uploaded with ImageShack.us his name (as per Linnaeus) is Anguis fragilis, I just call him Beppe :-) Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us also if seems a snake, is'nt a snake...infact is a lizard. Legs were "lost" during his evolution. This little fellow is probably now hunting again worms and similar, if you find another sample please don't kill him, is not venomous at all, it's usefull to control insects proliferations, and could live over 50 years according to recent studies. Hope jou enjoi, ciao from Italy Alfredo

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: michelangelo] #427160 05/03/10 09:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,247 Therapist's Couch F FuGaWee Junk Yard Dog
FuGaWee Junk Yard Dog F Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,247 Therapist's Couch	Very cool! Thanks for the pictures Alfredo JYD #76

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: FuGaWee] #427161 05/03/10 09:36 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,918 kuanomar Junk Yard Dog
kuanomar Junk Yard Dog Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,918	Cool pics! JYD#116

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: kuanomar] #427162 05/04/10 12:10 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,278 Beautiful British Columbia stjones Junk Yard Dog
stjones Junk Yard Dog Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,278 Beautiful British Columbia	Thanks Michelangelo! Very cool! JYD #115

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: stjones] #427163 05/04/10 12:26 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 92 S Silverback Pooch
Silverback Pooch S Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 92	Thanks for the pix. I have read about these critters for many a year, this is the first time that I've seen one in the hand. Very, very cool.

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: Silverback] #427164 05/04/10 01:37 AM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 120 Fl rmc85 Mutt
rmc85 Mutt Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 120 Fl	Cool. Looks kind of like what I would call a blue tailed skink without legs and a different tail.

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: rmc85] #427165 05/04/10 01:29 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 13,668 Oklahoma sumoj275 Junk Yard Dog
sumoj275 Junk Yard Dog Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 13,668 Oklahoma	That is a cool looking lizard. At first I thought it was going to be big until I saw the pic of it in your hands. Thanks for sharing. Men you can't trust, women you can't trust, beasts you can't trust, but Bussekin steel you can trust

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: sumoj275] #427166 05/04/10 09:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,558 Colorado Springs, CO El CacaFuego Junk Yard Dog
El CacaFuego Junk Yard Dog Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,558 Colorado Springs, CO	I love Reptiles, This was a really neat find! Thanks for Sharing! "Teaching is not showing others new things, but reminding them that they know as well as you." JYD #118

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: El CacaFuego] #427167 05/05/10 04:55 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 70 D Doc Pooch
Doc Pooch D Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 70	Yep, pretty much have ceased killing snakes (except venemous ones around my house and kids). Just no reason. They do you a favor. I really don't like rats and mice in all my feed. Doc

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: Doc] #427168 05/06/10 02:52 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,860 P.N.W.U.S.A. myketheknife Junk Yard Dog
myketheknife Junk Yard Dog Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,860 P.N.W.U.S.A.	Thanks for the pics Alfredo & for not using the Mukk on it. SYKCO JYD#112 It's better to have it & not need it, than to need it & not have it.

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: myketheknife] #427169 05/06/10 03:26 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 514 Italy michelangelo OP Scrapper
OP michelangelo Scrapper Joined: May 2008 Posts: 514 Italy	:-))

Re: Anguis fragilis_lizard...w/o legs [Re: michelangelo] #427170 05/06/10 10:18 AM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 117,030 S. E. Missouri SkunkHunter Junk Yard Dog
SkunkHunter Junk Yard Dog Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 117,030 S. E. Missouri	not sure if this is working correctly. I have logged on and off 3 or 4 times and everytime I do this thread pops up as being new since I was last on. IT IS NOT NEW. Same post from Alfredo. Is the board messing up? If you’re not Paranoid, You’re not paying attention Be a Sheepdog JYD#105

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