How Many Legs Does A Legless Lizard Have?

To look at a legless lizard can be confusing. Without close inspection they are often mistaken for snakes. The legless lizard has no legs so this is an easily made error.

If you look closely at these lizards there are small stumps where legs used to be before evolution stepped in. These are not known to perform any function, the stumps are simply genetic remnants like the tal bone in humans.