Slender glass lizard

 The 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬) is a 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 in the 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 (𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐞). The species is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

Slender glass lizards have 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 to 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 with 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 and they have a 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞.  𝐎. 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 can attain a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of 𝟎.𝟓𝟔 𝐦 to 𝟎.𝟗𝟏 𝐦.The species is closely related to 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.Its 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 comprises 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 of its 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.Its 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 are supported by an 𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦 which makes the body 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐟. The species has a 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 and a 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 are of 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞. It's 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 may 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 as an 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬.𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, they have 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬 and 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

Slender glass lizards are primarily 𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 and they can move 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭.They are known to 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 in 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 borrowed from other animals and they will use these burrows to  𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞.𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, the species will 𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 in a 𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦.The lizard 𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 from 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 until 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 or 𝐌𝐚𝐲.

𝐎. 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 is found in the 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, where it is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜, in 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬, or 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, often 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.They can also sometimes be found in 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 and 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬.

Slender glass lizards eat a range of 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, such as 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 , 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. They have also been known to eat 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 and 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬.𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐝-𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐬, 𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐛 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬, and 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 of the lizard.