#1525 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Slowworm

🇳🇱 Oostelijke Hazelworm ·Anguis colchica

🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alexey Katz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Samuel Martinát · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Сильченко Иван Владимирович · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sergei A. Antipov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Omid Mozaffari · CC BY 4.0
6. © Edouard Veuillet · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ленинский р-н, Саратов, Саратовская обл., Россия:© Volodina Ekaterina · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Тукаевский р-н, Респ. Татарстан, Россия:© Хаматов Гадылхан · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tsentral'nyy Rayon, Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russia:© Dima Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 01340 Vantaa, Finland:© juliusv · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anguis colchica , the eastern slow worm , is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae found in eastern and northern Europe and Asia. It is easily confused with the common slow worm, due to their physical similarities, and the proximity of their distribution.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,604iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,604 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alexander von Nordmann in 1840 (186 years ago).