Or a worm lizard. Which, despite looking like an earthworm crossed with a snake, is neither a worm nor a snake. As the back half of its name implies, it is actually a type of legless lizard (and ...

Like other worm lizards, it looks like… well, an oversized worm. Or if someone asked it if it wanted to be a worm or a snake and it simply answered “yes”. It’s just under 26 centimeters ...

The worm lizards were placed in the machine and scanned. These scans were used to build a 3D model of the worm lizard, which can then be 3D-printed and used by future researchers.

It wasn’t just a new species, it was “the world’s largest worm lizard,” researchers said. The species was named Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, or the Marcelo Sánchez giant trogonophid.

While studying common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) across Europe, Feiner and her colleagues routinely dissect and examine developing lizard embryos and find most to be worm-free.

The Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard (Ancylocranium somalicum) was first reported back in 1931, when scientists discovered a subspecies of the reptile in what’s now the unrecognized state of ...

World 50-million-year-old ‘worm lizard’ — the ‘largest’ ever — found as new species in Tunisia By Irene Wright November 22, 2024 5:51 PM ...

While studying common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) across Europe, Feiner and her colleagues routinely dissect and examine developing lizard embryos and find most to be worm-free.

World 50-million-year-old ‘worm lizard’ — the ‘largest’ ever — found as new species in Tunisia By Irene Wright November 22, 2024 5:51 PM ...