Nov 19, 2024
Bronzeback Legless Lizard (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus), family Pygopodidae, northern SA, Australia
photograph by Jesse’s Wildlife
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Bronzeback Legless Lizard (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus), family Pygopodidae, northern SA, Australia
photograph by Jesse’s Wildlife
This is the dumbest thing I've ever drawn. OKAY LOOK. It sounded more legit in my head--a snake that looks like a non-threatening sleepy lizard* and then BAM, in with the fangs on the unsuspecting small marsupial. Hell yeah lizard snake! In reality it… looks a bit like a poo. Oh well. It can just live on in words and only those who've seen this image will know how truly ridiculous it looks.
Their bites are vicious and create a wound that never stops bleeding. Not hugely venomous but clearly some bacteria unfriendly going on in there.
* also known as a stumpy-tailed lizard or shingleback
a really E X T R E M E commission for a friend on facebook!!
Burton’s Legless Lizard