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Italian Slowworm

Anguis veronensis

The Italian Slowworm is a special legless lizard that looks like a snake! It has smooth, shiny skin and loves to hide under rocks and leaves in gardens and forests.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Italian Slowworm is a legless lizard with a snake-like body, covered in smooth, glossy scales. It often has a grey, brown, or bronze coloration, sometimes with a coppery sheen. Unlike a snake, it possesses distinct eyelids and small ear openings.

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Italian Slowworm

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

If scared, it can drop its tail to escape danger, and the tail will grow back!

They love munching on slugs and snails, helping gardeners protect their plants.

This lizard looks like a snake, but it has eyelids and can blink its eyes!

Unlike most reptiles, Italian Slowworms give birth to live babies, not eggs!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Tail Escape

The Italian Slowworm can drop its tail if grabbed, because of a special break-point, that helps them escape from predators.

Fähigkeit

Blinking Eye

Italian Slowworm has eyelids, like other lizards, that helps them blink and protect their eyes from dirt and injury.

Fähigkeit

Live Birth

Italian Slowworms give birth to live young, not eggs, that helps their babies be more developed and ready for life.

Maße und Details

Länge
20-50 cm
Gewicht
0.02-0.1 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Jahre
Top Speed
1 km/h

Ernährung und Fütterung

Snappy eaters of garden pests, like slugs and snails!

Hauptnahrung

  • slugs
  • snails
  • earthworms
  • insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Spanish Slug

Arion vulgaris

A common prey item in gardens and damp habitats.

eats

Common Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Feeds on garden snails, helping control their populations.

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A regular part of its invertebrate diet.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A common predator in its terrestrial habitats.

eaten by

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Occasionally predates on slowworms from the air.

Merkmale

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Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a Slowworm, watch it from a distance and don't touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

20-50 cm

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

0.02-0.1 kg

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

10-20 Jahre

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

1 km/h

Was frisst Italian Slowworm?

Snappy eaters of garden pests, like slugs and snails!

Wo findet man Italian Slowworm normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Italian Slowworm?

Foraging

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