#bipes

[herpsandbirds]

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus), family Bipedidae, Baja California Sur, México

photograph by Angel Marquez

[animalids]

Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus)

Photo by Michael Cravens

[oneweirdreptileaday]

Mexican Mole Lizard, Bipes biporus

requested by @seaweed-sandwich! this was recorded (and any further requests will be too) and I will post the link when it's on youtube :)

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What in the world is this? It’s a Mexican mole lizard (Bipes biporus), which looks like a cross between a lizard, snake and worm. Weird and wonderful, yes? (Top photo by Marlin Harms.)

[tiffanybozic]

Have you ever heard the tale of the runaway ✨magical✨unicorn phallus? Yeah, me neither. I also never heard of these Bipes aka Mexican Mole Lizards until my recent trip to Baja ~ thank you 🙏 @islandsseas . Another case of truth is stranger than fiction: due to their secretive lifestyle little is understood of these unbelievably cool creatures. Found only in Mexico, these unique reptiles use their forelegs to burrow through soil like a mole. The hind legs have completely disappeared! Why are they Pepto-Bismol pink?! What is the evolutionary advantage of this adaptation? Do they pick up carotenoids in their diet like flamingoes? So many '?????????????' 💕🌸🦄 #islandsandseas2017 #Bipes #amphisbaenia #curiosity #lizard #discovery #pink (at Baja California, Mexico)

[herpsandbirds]

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus), family Bipedidae, endemic to the Baja California peninsula of Mexico

This 2 limbed lizard is fossorial (burrowing underground). They breed and lay their eggs underground.

It is one of only 3 amphisbaenians that have limbs.

They are the pinkest when young, and turn whiter as the mature.

Though they are rarely seen, they may actually be quite common in their range.

photograph by SA BL

[herpsandbirds]

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus), family Bipedidae, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

photograph by Angel Marquez

[herpsandbirds]

hello, can we have some Mexican mole lizards? As a little treat? They're so stinking cute

There's always time for MOLE LIZARDS!!!

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus), family Bipedidae, endemic to the Baja California peninsula of Mexico

This 2 limbed lizard is fossorial (burrowing underground). They breed and lay their eggs underground.

It is one of only 3 amphisbaenians that have limbs.

They are the pinkest when young, and turn whiter as the mature.

Though they are rarely seen, they may actually be quite common in their range.

photograph by CaudateJake

photographs by Mike Pingleton

photograph by Carl J Franklin