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Slow worms
Latin name: Anguis fragilis Size: Grows to approximately 50cm in length. Distribution: Found throughout Scotland, England and Wales. Absent from Northern Ireland. Months seen: March to October. Food: Slugs, spiders and beetles. Habitat: Rough grassland. Special features: Slow worms, or blind worms as they are sometimes called, look a lot like snakes, but is in fact they are legless lizards. The body is almost the same thickness from head to tail, with the tip of the tail being blunt. Slow worms are covered in tiny scales which give them a metallic appearance. The males are usually brown with a copper or pink flush. Female slow worms and juveniles are a more golden colour, with a dark line running along the back. Some slow worms have faint blue markings along their body.
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