Not a worm, or a snake, but a legless lizard.
Unlike snakes, the slow worm has eyelids.
They emerge from hiding places to hunt at dusk or after rainfall. Slow worms
are not particularly speedy reptiles and feed on slow-moving prey such as
slugs, snails, spiders, insects and earthworms.
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Adults can grow up to 50cm in length.
All pictures taken locally
at West Lodge, Tristford. |