Slow Worm
Anguis fragilis
Summary 6
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.
Distribution 7
Continent: Africa Europe Near-East
Distribution: Finland, Norway, Sweden, England (incl. Channel islands Guernsey, Herm, Jethou, Jersey), Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Corfu = Corfou), Yugoslavia: Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Turkey (from Trabzon, Hopa) [Clark & Clark 1973] Soviet Union: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Caucasus, central and S Europe, Asia Minor, N Iran, Africa: Algeria, Tunisia colchicus: SE Europe (east of the Alps), Iran, S Russia (Dagestan), Romania, Lithuania, NE Poland, eastern Czech Republic, Slovakia.
Type locality: “Kuban-Gebiet (SW Russia) und Mingrelien” (West Georgia). peloponnesiacus: Peloponnes, Greece.
Type locality: Sweden
Sources and Credits
- (c) Alican Erdogan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/86797338@N00/3414220079
- (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Anguis-fragilis-59835.JPG
- (c) Stanislav Krejčík, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/62450.jpg
- (c) Andrej Alena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/38370.jpg
- (c) Stanislav Krejčík, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/62449.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguis_fragilis
- (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/14305273
