Not a worm, or a snake, but a legless lizard.
Unlike snakes, the slow worm has eyelids.
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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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![](sloworm1.jpg) Adults can grow up to 50cm in length.
All pictures taken locally
at West Lodge, Tristford. |