The European legless lizard is normally found in fairly dry habitats, often frequenting rocky hillsides with some cover. These lizards can also be found in dry stone walls, embankments and stone piles. They are diurnal and crepuscular, and are often active after rainfall. The breeding season begins during late spring. Females find a damp site where they deposit six to10 white, soft-shelled eggs.
Females usually guard their eggs during the incubation period.
Once born, the female leaves her young, requiring them to hunt on their own. Life Cycle Legless lizards may look like snakes, but they are true lizards. Unlike snakes, they have movable eyelids, several rows of belly scales, and the ability to break off their tail when they are in danger. Although many members of this family lack limbs, this is not a characteristic of every species. While the family contains both limbless and limbed lizards, the skull, teeth and tongue of these species are anatomically similar.