#1474 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Slowworm

🇳🇱 Hazelworm ·Anguis fragilis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © royc614 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Shreybae · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Johannes Merz · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © davidchas · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. 8051 Hattem, Netherlands:© Mariska de Wit · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, Overveen, North Holland, NL:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland, Overveen, Noord-Holland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anguis fragilis , the slowworm , is a legless lizard native to Eurasia. It is also called a blindworm , deaf adder or, regionally, a long-cripple ; to distinguish it from the Peloponnese slowworm, it is also sometimes called a common slowworm . The 'blind' in 'blindworm' refers to the lizard's small eyes, similar to a blindsnake (although the slowworm's eyes are functional).

base stats

NL sightings 561iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 49,173iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

Spotted 561 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
49,173 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).