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Most lizards already have wild-looking skulls, but worm lizards elevated it to an artform

Leposternon microcephalum, Smallhead Worm Lizard

Bipes biporus, Baja Worm Lizard

Rhineura floridana, Florida Worm Lizard

Anops kingii, Keel-headed Worm Lizard

Skull images from digimorph.com

For reference, in life, most of these guys are a variation on this look:

They’re vicious biters! Terrifying! Fear them!

(Photo by Ray Hamilton)