The Slow Worm. Variety of habitats with a preference for high levels of ground. The slow worm Anguis fragilis is a reptile native to Eurasia.
The slow worm may be the longest-living lizard living about 30 years in the wild and up to at least 54 years in captivity this record is held by a male slow worm that lived at the Copenhagen Zoo from 1892 until 1946 the age when first obtained is unknown. If you try to hold them by the tail it will break off and the slow-worm will wriggle off to freedom. This slow-worm appeared the other day by my veg patch as I was working.
Slow worms are carnivores which feed on invertebrates.
The slow worm Anguis fragilis is a reptile native to Eurasia. Slow Worms are very often mistaken for Snakes even though they are Legless Lizards their eyes can blink and they have a primitive hip bone of Lizards. Two slithery creatures I spotted in the same week. They can grow to.