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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Reptiles

Rareza

Common

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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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 20-50 cm
Peso: 0.02-0.1 kg
Esperanza de vida: 10-20 años
Top Speed: 1 km/h

Dieta y alimentación

Snappy eaters of garden pests, like slugs and snails!

Alimentos principales

slugs
snails
earthworms
insects

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

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.

Descomponedor

Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.

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.