The Slow Worm. Slow Worms are very often mistaken for Snakes even though they are Legless Lizards their eyes can blink and they have a primitive hip bone of Lizards. This semi-fossorial lizard has.
Only 3 of 577 Slow-worms captured were found moving or basking on the surface. Variety of habitats with a preference for high levels of ground. The species inhabits forests meadows gardens and compost heaps Başoğlu Baran 1977 The HCT 2010.
Numbers of adult males adult females and juveniles were recorded.
Variety of habitats with a preference for high levels of ground. Their average lifespan in the wild is thought to be 20 to 30 years and one slow worm reportedly survived for at least 54 years in captivity at Copenhagen Zoo. The slow worm is a smooth elongate legless lizard with a snout-vent length SVL of between 120-200 mm. The slow worm may be the longest-living lizard living about 30 years in the wild and up to at least 54 years in captivity this record is held by a male slow worm that lived at the Copenhagen Zoo from 1892 until 1946 the age when first obtained is unknown.