Like the Mexican mole lizard, it faces a problem living underground: thermoregulation. As a burrower, you’re pretty much stuck with the temperature of the soil.

Mexican mole lizards are members of a group of nearly 200 mostly limbless, burrowing lizards known as Amphisbaenia. Only this species and two others in the genus Bipes still have small front limbs.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two endangered Mexican beaded lizards have hatched at the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland, boosting the population of the venomous lizards. The zoo said the lizards, which are ...

Mexican mole lizards are members of a group of nearly 200 mostly limbless, burrowing lizards known as Amphisbaenia. Only this species and two others in the genus Bipes still have small front limbs.

Scanning the desert landscape of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, few people would imagine what crawls beneath the surface. Bright pink, with rudimentary eyes and just two limbs, Mexican mole lizards ...