Thanks to everyone who responded, the animal that Stew found is an eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis. Stew and Chris correctly knew it was a lizard, and Billy got the correct species. Glass lizards do not have legs, causing many people to confuse them for snakes. Some obvious, major differences between glass lizards and snakes are that glass lizards have eyelids (snakes have a scale over their eyes, no eyelids. Never challenge a snake to a starting contest, they always win), ear openings, a groove that runs along their sides. They are called “glass” lizards (or sometimes glass snakes, despite not being snakes) because, as with many lizards, they are able to detach their tails to distract a predator and escape (making them seem fragile and prone to breaking, like glass). They can regenerate the lost portion of their tail over time. However, they cannot break their bodies and regenerate our survive, just their tails. However, due to the lack of limbs and length of their tails (almost as long add their bodies), they appear to be able to regenerate half of their body (but again, only the tail can detach and regenerate). Thanks again to everyone for participating!
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