The slender glass lizard is a legless lizard and is often mistaken for a snake.  However, unlike snakes, glass lizards have movable eyelids and external ear openings.
Description: 22-42 in. (56-106.7 cm)  As their name implies, Slender glass lizards are generally skinnier than the similar eastern glass lizard. They also have narrow, dark longitudinal stripes below the lateral groove, down the center of the back, and under the tail.  Background color is usually brown or yellowish with irregular crossbands on the back and tail.  The young are boldly striped while adults, particularly males, may become flecked mature. 
Range/Habitat: The slender glass lizard is commonly found in the Coastal Plain and southern Piedmont of North Carolina.  They are most common in old fields, and dry, sandy woodlands.
Habits: Slender glass lizards are very active and when restrained often thrash and brake off their tail.  This propensity to "shatter" is the origin of the name glass lizard. Once detached, tail fragments continue to writhe for several minutes, distracting predators and allowing the lizard to escape. The tail is later regrown and adults with perfect tails are rare.
Reproduction: Nests are found in sandy areas and usually contain from 5 to 9 eggs.
Prey: This species has been known to eat arthropods, snails, and small lizards, and small snakes. Unlike snakes, glass lizards do not have flexible jaws and thus cannot consume prey items as large as snakes of similar size.

	Range of the Slender Glass Lizard in the Carolinas and Virginia