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    Species Accepted

    Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758

    Common Slowworm
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Anguis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      IrelandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      87 results
      Anguis fragilis lmo
      Angwisí Lingala
      Anuz-dall Breton
      Blannschlécher Luxembourgish
      Blindschleich(en) bar
      Blindschleiche German
      Bokhmecha Georgian
      Bruchscheiche German
      Chalyz Korama Azerbaijani
      Cobra-de-vidro Portuguese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      174 results
      Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824. Published in
      Benkovský N, Moravec J, Gvoždíková Javůrková V, Šifrová H, Gvoždík V, Jandzik D. (2021). Phenotypic differentiation of the slow worm lizards (Squamata: Anguis) across their contact zone in Central Europe. PeerJ 9:E12482.
      Petrov B. P., N. Tzankov, H. Strijbosch, G. Popgeorgiev, V. Beshkov. (2006). The herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) of the Western Rhodopes mountain (Bulgaria and Greece). In: Beron P. (ed.). Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 3. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) I. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, Pp. 863-912.
      Fish, Alexia C. M. (2016). Observations on felt and corrugated roof sheeting as materials for constructing coverboards to assess slow worm (Anguis fragilis) and common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) populations. Herpetological Bulletin (135).
      Ullenbruch, & Klaus. (2023). Tod einer Blindschleiche durch überfrierende Nässe. Elaphe 2023 (2): 85.
      Ali, & Syed Muzammil. (1950). Studies on the anatomy of the tail in Sauria and Rhychocephalia IV. Anguis fragilis. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 32: 87-95.
      Tonge, S. (1986). The herpetofauna of Jersey. British Herpetological Society Bulletin (17): 18-21.
      GRAITSON, ERIC & JULIEN TAYMANS. (2022). Impacts des lâchers massifs de faisans de Colchide (Phasianus colchicus L.) sur les squamates (Reptilia Squamata). Bulletin de La Société Herpétologique de France 180: 1–7.
      Bauer, L. (2007). Anguis fragilis, de niet zo erg breekbare hazelworm. Lacerta 65 (3): 98-103.
      CAPULA, M., & LUISELLI, L. (1993). Ecology of an alpine population of the Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis LINNAEUS, 1758. Thermal biology of reproduction. Herpetozoa 6.

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