Ever hear of....?

[Feebo]

Sloworms ? A native lizard over here in Blighty. Looks a little like a snake until you look at it`s face. They eat worms and various creepy crawly type things. They can detach thier tail like some other lizards so I don`t touch, I just look. I used to spend days on end looking for these guys when I was a kid! That`s where it all started.... The humble Sloworm :) They get to about ten inches or so, this one is a baby and it`s female I think, the males have blue flashing along the flank. I could have that the wrong way around mind you, it`s been a while! :) I saw this little guy when I was out on a photoshoot at my local wildlife reserve. I live just on the edge on it...
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/feebix/Sallyinthewoodsshoot164.jpg

[Feebo]

He looks like he`s actually let his tail go recently too, there`s no tip... It grows back though :)

[marvelfreak]

Cool looking! It does look like a snake you can't see the legs.

[infernalis]

Never seen one in person.

Spent a month in the UK once, and never got to go herping. Everywhere I went was way too populated, Only time I saw any places that would have any herps we were moving on public transportation.

Had really wanted to see one of these.....(A Natrix grass snake)

http://alexisphoenix.org/imagesromania/grasssnake2.jpg

[Feebo]

I`ve never seen one mate and I`ve spent thirty odd years actually going out of my way to find one! If you were in the right place, maybe Scotland or deepest Wales you might find one I suppose. Adders seem to be more prevelant than those guys, I`ve seen planty of Adders. Those are the only venomous reptile we have over here. I once climbed Cheddar Gorge with no safety gear. I got to the top, hanging on by my eye brows (and that`s no exaggeration) then realised not only was I in serious danger of falling the 600ft to the bottom, I was also absolutley surrounded by little Adders! Babies I suppose. Beautiful they were! There was an angryu looking mountain goat waiting for me at the top too, very silly thing to do indeed. Brought home to me a week later when someone else attempted what I`d done and was killed :(

Oh and Marveldude, they actually have no legs, it`s a legless lizard type deal lol But the face gives them away because they have eye lids....

[marvelfreak]

Legless lizard i wonder if they related to the glass lizards they're legless to?

[Feebo]

No idea. I think we need a picture of a glass lizard now don`t we.... :)

[marvelfreak]

It's the same. There's over 80 forms of legless lizards. I see them in pet store at 3 to 4 times a year. Here's a link Legless Lizard (http://kaweahoaks.com/html/lizard_legless.htm)

and another link Glass Lizard Page (http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/lizards/glasslizards.htm)

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[Feebo]

Oh those guys are reeeeally nice! Especially the Glass lizard :) Yeah the one above isn`t a million miles away in appearance is it.....

[Lankyrob]

During warm weather we get a few slow worms in the house every day - bloody cats love bringing them into the kitchen and then (if we are lucky) just leaving them there - often they haven't even dropped their tails.

If you want to see lots of slow worms just have a compost heap with plenty of cut grass in it (or an overgrown garden like mine :( ) If you lift up about 6 - 12 inches of the cut grass toward the middle of summer you should have a nice family of Slow worms in there.

They were one of the things i tried to "keep" in my bedroom cupboard as a kid.

[.: Laura :.]

My cats bring me slow worms all the time :D

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=91&pictureid=1653

[Feebo]

Oh that one`s quite light coloured isn`t he :) Aw that`d upset me that would :(

[.: Laura :.]

Lol they don't harm them in any way, just pick them up and bring them to me :D

[Feebo]

Oh right! lol Your cats wear gumshields then? lol I used to have a cat like that, she liked to catch things but wouldn`t ever hurt them. Apart from a poor little shrew she actually scared to death that is. Cor I haven`t thought about her in years.....

[.: Laura :.]

The female likes to *catch* worms and worm-like creatures, she doesn't harm them just licks the dirt of and presents them to the family as a gift :P

The boy however is a completely different story, he kills/eats about 90% of what he catches. Unless of course I catch him in stalk mode and run after him. I've saved two moles this way before they've been harmed :D

[Feebo]

Aaawwww lol ;D Has the cat got a bell? I know that doesn`t help much but still... Maybe you could have him drag a cow bell around? lol :)

[.: Laura :.]

Chumbi has two bells, however he has a lil magnet thing on his collar which triggers the cat flap and its when they get stuck to that is normally when we find a mangled, plucked bird sprawled out on the floor in the house

[Lankyrob]

We have two female cats and they tend to bring uninjured slow worms/birds/mice/frogs etc into the house only rarely so we find dead ones.

[Will0W783]

Those slow worms are neat!