Question

A limbless lizard is ……………….
A. Ambiyrhynchus
B. Ophisaurus
C. Draco
D. Moloch

Answer 1

The reptiles are the first vertebrates fully adapted for life on dry land. Some live in water to return to land for breeding. Lizard is a reptile. Lizards have elongated, depressed bodies generally with limbs, movable eyelids, tympana, fixed jawbones, and entire tongue. The lizards are mostly insectivorous. They occur everywhere in warm climates.

Complete answer:
Ophisaurus the glass snake is the Indian limbless lizard. It can break off its tail when seized. They are so named because their tails are easily broken, like many lizards, they have the ability to deter predation by dropping off tails which can break into several pieces like glass. The tails remain mobile, distracting the predator. They are also known as Asian glass lizards.
Hence, the correct answer is

Additional information:
Heloderma of the USA is the only poisonous lizard in the world. It injects its poison into the prey by chewing movement.
Draco of India glides through the air with lateral extensions of skin, called patagia, supported by ribs. Draco maculatus occurs in Assam.
Uromastix the spiny-tailed lizard yields oil from its fat bodies.
Phrynosoma the horned toad is the spiny lizard in the USA. When irritated, it emits fine jets of blood from the eyes.
Calotes is also known as the garden lizard also called bloodsucker

Note: A lizard-like reptile, sphenodon – tuatara of New Zealand is a living fossil, has not changed during the past 170 million years. It has a non-functional median third eye covered with scales. It may have been an important sense organ in the early reptiles.