1.1K views · 93 reactions | This is a tiny snake right? Wrong! It’s a striped legless lizard. This little critter was a special guest at today’s launch of the Molonglo River Reserve draft management plan. This lizard is one of the many species we are trying to protect in the new draft plan. Have your say bit.ly/MolongloRiverReserve | ACT Parks and Conservation Service | Facebook

It’s Census Day for our local Legless Lizards. 🦎 Striped Legless Lizards (or ‘Stripies’ to their mates) are well-suited to living limbless. Without legs, they can easily weave through grasslands to hunt insects or escape predators. 🌾 Unfortunately, around 99% of their grassland habitat has been cleared across South-Eastern Australia. 😔 But it’s not all gloomy news! Here in the ACT, we’re working hard to protect what remains of these grasslands, as well as keeping a close eye on our Stripies’

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