A Rare, Two – Legged Lizard

The ajolote, the two – legged worm lizard of Mexico’s Baja California, is one of the Western Hemisphere’s rarest reptiles. Until recently, when 11 wriggling specimens were presented to the San Diego Zoo, little more was known about it than that it lived underground in burrows and came out only at night. Its stout, clawed feet suggested that it might be able to crawl overland.