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Eastern Slowworm

Anguis colchica

The Eastern Slowworm is a legless lizard that looks like a snake! It has shiny, smooth skin and loves to hide under rocks and leaves in the garden.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Eastern Slowworm has a long, cylindrical body that is shiny and covered in smooth scales, usually coppery-brown, bronze, or greyish. Juveniles often display a prominent dark stripe down their back. Unlike snakes, they possess eyelids and visible ear openings.

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Eastern Slowworm
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Eastern Slowworm

Kategorie

Reptilien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Eastern Slowworms have tiny ears and can blink, traits true snakes completely lack!

If you find one, they feel smooth and cool to the touch, almost like glass!

They use their strong, recurved teeth to grip slippery prey like slugs and earthworms!

They're called 'slowworms' but are actually lizards, not worms or snakes at all!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Amazing Regeneration

Eastern Slowworm can drop its tail to escape danger because it regenerates a new one, helping them survive attacks.

Fähigkeit

Legless Locomotion

Eastern Slowworm can smoothly glide through dense undergrowth and loose soil because its body is perfectly adapted for burrowing.

Fähigkeit

Blinking Eyes

Eastern Slowworm has eyelids that close, allowing them to blink and protect their eyes from dirt, unlike true snakes.

Fähigkeit

Live Birth

Eastern Slowworm gives birth to live, fully formed babies instead of laying eggs, helping its young have a safer start.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-50 cm
Gewicht
0.02-0.1 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Jahre
Top Speed
0.5 km/h
Gelegegröße
6-17

Ernährung und Fütterung

These slow-moving hunters munch on soft-bodied creatures like slugs and earthworms.

Hauptnahrung

  • Slugs
  • Earthworms
  • Snails
  • Insect larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Black Slug

Arion ater

A primary food source.

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Often consumed in moist areas.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A common predator in its range.

eaten by

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Hunts slow-moving reptiles.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Slowworm

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a slowworm, watch it from a distance and don't pick it up.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Eastern Slowworm?

30-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Eastern Slowworm?

0.02-0.1 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eastern Slowworm?

10-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Eastern Slowworm?

0.5 km/h

Was frisst Eastern Slowworm?

These slow-moving hunters munch on soft-bodied creatures like slugs and earthworms.

Wo findet man Eastern Slowworm normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Eastern Slowworm?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Eastern Slowworm?

6-17

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