I showed the pictures to a colleague who's a science teacher, and he says it's a female. It seems that females are a little bigger than males and have a coppery shine to their scales.
I'll keep a watchful eye on Tom, but I'm not really worried about him getting the slow worm. That dog is the worst hunter in the world! Last summer squirrels were literally prancing around in front of him, and he ignored them completely.:)
I believe they live mostly in Europa and Asia, which can explain why you never heard of them. Fauna is usually so much richer in America than in Europa, it's only fair that for once we've got something you don't have!:)
Slow worms live mostly in Europa, which can explain why you've never heard of them. They look like snakes, but they are actually limbless lizards; they also are shorter and rounder than snakes, and their eyes and tongue are different. More importantly (to me at least), they are completely inoffensive.:)
I'm sure of it. We don't have a lot of snakes here in Switzerland, and these are mostly grass snakes and adders, who seldom live in city gardens. Besides, snakes are quick, while slow worms are... well, slow.:) Anyway, their English name is misleading: they aren't worms at all, but rather some kind of limbless lizards. /teacher mode.
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I'll keep a watchful eye on Tom, but I'm not really worried about him getting the slow worm. That dog is the worst hunter in the world! Last summer squirrels were literally prancing around in front of him, and he ignored them completely.:)
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Are you sure he's not a snake?
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