Blannschlécher - Slow Worm
Anguis fragilis
Blannschlécher 4
Orvet commun 4
Blindschleiche 4
Slow Worm 5
Anguis fragilis, the slowworm, is a legless lizard native to Eurasia. It is also called a blindworm, deaf adder or, regionally, a long-cripple; to distinguish it from the Peloponnese slowworm, it is also sometimes called a common slowworm. The 'blind' in 'blindworm' refers to the lizard's small eyes, similar to a blindsnake (although the slowworm's eyes are functional).
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- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anguidae.jpg
- (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/81858878@N00/9019752976/
- (c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jakob Fahr
- (c) Paul Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
- Adapted by Paul Braun from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguis_fragilis
