The Slow Worm

The Slow Worm. The slow worm Anguis fragilis is a reptile native to Eurasia. Cover where for most of the time it remains hidden in thick.

The tongue of the slow worm is broad and flat. If you dont look carefully you can easily mistake it for smooth snake from a distance. To get away from the predators that come after them they make their movement smoother by dropping their tails low as they move away.

The tongue of the slow worm is broad and flat.

Unlike snakes lizards such as the slow-worm have eyelids and can detach their tails as a defence mechanism and regrow another although never to the same length. Slow worms are often mistaken for snakes. It is also called a deaf adder a slowworm a blindworm or regionally a long-cripple to distinguish it from the Peloponnese slowworm. There are just three species of lizard that are native to Britain and only the slow-worm is legless.