Strange lizard

[Jogeephus]

Am I crazy to remember one of the glass snakes, we called them, this far north. Seems I was about 12 or so, and a friend and I found one and remember the tail breaking off. Dad said it was a glass snake. This was before the late 60's so I'm sure I wasn't stoned. Were they this far north? gs

There are at least sixteen species. The one you saw was probably the slender glass snake aka Ophisaurus attenuatus which is found in the southern part of your state - that don't mean it can't be in the northern either.