Ha haa, it probably is better for them anyway to not be flipping them around to look. If you COULD catch them. Fast little buggars they are and all. It's definately hard on any animal stress wise when we mess with them.
I wonder if a lizard lost it's tail, if it would come back a different color and smoothness, etc? Who knows. Like I said, a renowned Lizardologist I am not.
I DID see a glass snake/lizard in Arkansas once. Really cool, a lizard that looks like a snake and has lizard characteristics. Like sometimes vestigial legs. I think you have those down your way. Ever seen one there? Maybe ask ENH if she has seen one in her vast east to west travels. They are gorgeous and a really mellow looking snake.
I've never heard of a yellow tailed skink, but that would be cool. Not that I'm even CLOSE to any sort of lizard expert anyway. Plus, I wouldn't argue with @enternamehere on the outdoors info. She knows her stuff ( :
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Yes, exactly. As a kid I didn't understand that important FACT about stressing out the animals very well. I remember I had this "great idea" to catch a bird by simply putting a fishing net over the entrance hole of a birdhouse right after I saw that it had flown into it and then tapping on the back to scare the bird back out the front, straight into the net. I had built a small cage complete with food/water etc (with my grandpa's help of course) to put it in and my plan worked out great, but then I also remember shortly after I started feeling bad about holding the bird captive (from flying as well as potentially away from their babies) and after a few hours I let it go. I also learned about how birds carry mites too around this time, if I remember correctly lol. Anyways, I now give them their respect and do my best to not mess with or scare any of the animals/wildlife I come across.
Good question about the lizard tail, I wonder this as well now! If I have seen a glass snake/lizard I didn't know that it was anything other than a snake. ENH says she might have seen one but not sure when/where. She at least already knew about it. I have neither heard of or seen anything like it that I remember. I agree though, from the pictures I saw, they do look amazing! I'll definitely keep my eye out now that I know what to look for!