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Slowworms are special reptiles that look like snakes but are actually lizards! They have smooth, shiny skin and love to hide under rocks and leaves in gardens and grasslands.
Hábitat: Grasslands
The Slowworm is a legless lizard with a long, cylindrical body and a small head. It has smooth, glossy scales and often appears metallic brown, grey, or bronze, sometimes with a dark stripe along its back or flanks. Unlike snakes, it possesses eyelids and visible ear openings.





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Did you know the Slowworm is actually a lizard, not a snake, even though it has no legs?
Instead of laying eggs, baby Slowworms hatch inside their mother and are born alive!
Slowworms can live longer than many pets, with some reaching over 50 years old in zoos!
They use their long, forked tongues to "smell" their surroundings and find tasty snacks!
Slowworms can shed their tail when threatened because it wriggles, distracting predators while they escape.
Slowworms have eyelids, allowing them to blink and close their eyes, unlike most snakes.
Slowworms give birth to live, fully formed young because the eggs develop inside the mother, providing protection.
Slowworms are hungry helpers who love to munch on slugs, snails, and insects!
Vulpes vulpes
A common predator that hunts Slowworms.
Buteo buteo
Birds of prey sometimes snatch Slowworms.

Arion ater
Slowworms are excellent hunters of garden slugs.
Lumbricus terrestris
Earthworms are a favourite snack for Slowworms.
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.
Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos con una esperanza de vida excepcionalmente larga en comparación con otros de su especie.
Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.
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If you see a slowworm, just watch it from a distance and don't try to touch it.
30-50 cm
0.02-0.15 kg
10-30 años
0.8 km/h
Slowworms are hungry helpers who love to munch on slugs, snails, and insects!
Grasslands
Foraging
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