The Slow Worm. The slow worm also called blindworm is in Danish called stålorm meaning steel worm. To get away from the predators that come after them they make their movement smoother by dropping their tails low as they move away.
The Slow worm Anguis fragilis L. To get away from the predators that come after them they make their movement smoother by dropping their tails low as they move away. Despite their forked yet flat tongue their eyelids are a giveaway that these reptiles are lizards.
It is also called a deaf adder a slowworm a blindworm or regionally a long-cripple to distinguish it from the Peloponnese slowworm.
The slow worm is neither a worm nor a snake but is in fact a legless lizard - its identity is given away by its abilities to shed its tail and blink with its eyelids. Slow worms are carnivores which feed on invertebrates. The only other member of the family the Peloponnese slow worm Anguis cephalonnica is endemic to parts of Greece. Like Slow Worms Adders are also a protected species and deliberately killing or injuring them is against the law.