- Not to be confused with glass lizards.
The
Pygopodidae (commonly known as
legless lizards,
snake-lizards, or
flap-footed lizards) are a
family of
squamates with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of
gecko. There are at least 35
species in two
subfamilies and eight
genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to
snakes. Like snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear holes and flat, unforked tongues. They are native to
Australia and
New Guinea.
