Slow-worm lizard on hot sandy road.
Anguis fragilis, or slow worm, slow-worm or slowworm, is a limbless reptile native to Eurasia. It is also sometimes referred to as the blindworm or blind worm. Slow worms are semifossorial (burrowing) lizards, spending much of the time hiding underneath objects. The skin of the varieties of slow worms is smooth with scales that do not overlap one another. Like many other lizards, slow worms autotomize, meaning they have the ability to shed their tails to escape predators. The tail regrows, but remains smaller. Although these lizards are often mistaken for snakes, a number of features differentiate them from snakes. They have small eyes with eyelids that blink like lizards'; this feature is not found in snakes. They may also have visible ears as do lizards, which snakes do not have.
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Location: Vitebsk region, Belarus
Photo credit: © Vadzim Kandratsenkau / Alamy / Afripics
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