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gpmatthews
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 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: Slow-worms |
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OK, so it's not very macro, but I know some of you have a weakness for reptiles:
Taken today at my local nature reserve
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Ken Ramos
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You know for some reason these remind me of lizards.  Pretty sharp image there Graham  |
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rjlittlefield
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How big are these critters, anyway? (What's field width?)
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MacroLuv
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Very nice.
It is actually a limbless lizard Anguis fragilis.
Adults could reach about 50 cm long and are known for their exceptionally long life. About thirty years in the wild and up to fifty-four years in captivity.
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gpmatthews
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Spot on Nikola! ...we have a number of sheets of corrugated iron dotted around the nature reserve especially to encourage them to use as shelters - these were under one of those sheets, which we lifted for a short time. Well observed Ken - you were dead right: legless lizards!
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