During the project, researchers found dozens of “worm-like” lizards that had fallen into ... Their heads have “eyes covered by a scale,” “small” teeth and “rounded” snouts.

Referred to as “legless lizards”, slow worms are ... 50cm and are small in comparison to snakes A metallic bronze sheen to their skin Females sport dark stripes along the body, while mature ...

A worm wriggled at its feet ... because there are few examples of tracks from small lizards in North America in this period, and no body fossils have been unearthed at John Day.