The longest-lived lizard in the world: the emperor snake lizard

The emperor snake lizard is a limbless lizard (long-time burrower with degenerated limbs and slender snake-like body) that feeds on insects, spiders, earthworms, snails, eggs or small animals. Its main distribution is in the Balkans, southwestern Asia, and parts of Central Asia. Generally speaking, the life span of flying lizards is 2-3 years, island lizards is 4 years,[bai] even the huge giant lizards are only 12 years, and there are two kinds of poisonous lizards can live up to 25 years, but none of them exceeds the average life span of 50 years of the emperor snake lizards, according to the information, the longest life span is an emperor snake lizard in the Copenhagen Museum, which has survived for 54 years.

Characteristics and habits of the emperor snake lizard

The most distinctive feature of the Monarch snake lizard is that it has no limbs, but it also has many differences from snakes.

1. although the emperor snake lizard has no limbs and is 100 cm long, 2/3 of it is the tail.

2. The tail of the king snake lizard can be broken and regenerated, while the snake cannot. 3.

3. The scales of the emperor snake lizard are all hard and square structures, and the scales on the abdomen are smaller and arranged in a circular shape.

4. The king snake lizard has eyelids that can be closed, and also has external ear holes.

The Imperial Snake Lizard most often inhabits under leaf litter and feeds mainly on invertebrates, also eating mammals or crickets, mostly in densely forested hills or mountains. Although there are no limbs, there are still obvious traces of hind legs, and folds will appear under the side of the body, which will gradually stretch out when swallowing.