#1535 · 🦎 reptiles

Italian Slowworm

🇳🇱 Italiaanse Hazelworm ·Anguis veronensis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Eros · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sébastien SANT · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Luca Roner · CC BY 4.0
4. © claudiaarrigoni · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Martin Galli · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Provincia di Novara, Italia:© paolilli_2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 55041 Camaiore, Lucca, Italien:© altesheupferd · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Città Metropolitana di Torino, Italia:© williambenedetto · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 47025 Mercato Saraceno, Forlì-Cesena, Mercato Saraceno, Emilia-Romagna, IT:© Eddi Bisulli · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anguis veronensis , commonly known as the Italian slow worm , is a European lizard species in the family Anguidae. The slow worm is distributed throughout Italy and in southeastern part of France.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,313iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,313 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ciro Pollini in 1818 (208 years ago).