Common Slowworm

Anguis fragilis

The Common Slowworm is a legless lizard that looks like a snake but is actually a lizard! It has shiny, smooth skin and loves to hide under rocks and in grass.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Common Slowworm is a legless lizard, often brown, grey, or bronze, with smooth, shiny scales. Females may have dark stripes or spots on their sides. Unlike snakes, it possesses movable eyelids and visible ear openings.

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Common Slowworm

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Reptiles

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

It's a legless lizard, not a snake, with eyelids that blink!

Slowworms can live for over 50 years, making them very old lizards!

Their skin is so smooth and shiny it looks like polished metal!

They give birth to live young, not eggs, just like mammals!

Habilidades especiales

Common Slowworm can detach its tail to distract predators, allowing it to slither away to safety.

Common Slowworm can burrow through loose soil and leaf litter using its smooth body to find food and shelter.

Common Slowworm has the unique ability to give birth to live young, bypassing the need for eggs.

Common Slowworm can live for many decades, making it one of the longest-lived lizards on Earth.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 30-50 cm
Peso: 0.05-0.1 kg
Esperanza de vida: 15-30 años
Top Speed: 0.8 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-20
Incubación: 120-150 días

Dieta y alimentación

They feast on soft-bodied garden pests like slugs and worms!

Alimentos principales

Slugs
Earthworms
Snails
Caterpillars
Spiders
Woodlice

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

A primary food source for slowworms.

eats

Spanish Slug

Arion lusitanicus

Preys on these common garden slugs.

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Birds of prey and garden birds hunt young slowworms.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A common predator in its habitat.

eaten by

European Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Hedgehogs occasionally prey on slowworms.

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Pastizal

Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.

Hibernante

Los animales hibernantes entran en un estado de depresión metabólica durante períodos de frío o escasez de alimentos, caracterizado por una reducción de la temperatura corporal y la actividad.