Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. White flecks in the middle of the scales sometimes form light stripes. Prairies, sand prairies, old fields, and dry open woodlands. Known as the glass lizard because of the easily broken tail.
Glass lizards eat invertebrates and small lizards.
Mating occurs in May and 5 to 15 eggs are laid in late June or July. Hawks and carnivorous mammals are the main predators.