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Anguis fragilis Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1299 KB) Description: Slowworm, photo taken in Sweden Source: Photo taken by Jonas Bergsten using a Canon PowerShot G3. ...
Binomial Name Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758 The Slow Worm (or Slowworm, also known as Blindworm or Blind Worm)(Anguis fragilsi) is a limbless reptile. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Jump to: navigation, search Orders Crocodilia - Crocodilians Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras Squamata Suborder Sauria- Lizards Suborder Serpentes - Snakes Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria Saurischia Ornithischia The reptiles are a group of vertebrate animals. ...
Orders Sphenodontia Squamata Eosuchia Conservation status: Fossil The Lepidosauria are a subclass of reptiles comprising the orders : Squamata Sphenodontia or Rhynchocephalia Eosuchia Conservation status: Fossil Lepidosaurians are the most successful of modern reptiles. ...
Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ...
Groups Lepidosauromorpha Archosauromorpha Sauria is a clade of the reptilian family tree, that includes all living diapsids, as well as their common ancestor and all its extinct descendents, which date back to Permian times. ...
Genera Anguis Ophisaurus Pseudopus Celestus Diploglossus Ophiodes Abronia Barisia Coloptychon Elgaria Gerrhonotus Mesaspis Classification Family Anguidae Subfamily Anguinae Genus Anguis Genus Ophisaurus Genus Pseudopus Subfamily Diploglossinae Genus Celestus Genus Diploglossus Genus Ophiodes Subfamily Gerrhonotinae Genus Abronia Genus Barisia Genus Coloptychon Genus Elgaria Genus Gerrhonotus Genus Mesaspis Categories: Lizards | Anguids ...
| The genus Anguis, or the slow worms, is a typical example of the adaptation of a species to its surroundings, in this case a burrowing, subterranean existence. They hibernate under the ground in a hole, twisted together with many of its kind. The eye is an adaptation. ...
Hibernation is a state of regulated hypothermia, lasting several days or weeks, that allows animals to conserve energy during the winter. ...
Slow worms have lost their limbs completely and look like snakes. Head and body blend into one another. Half of its length (40 to 50 cm) consists of its tail.
Slow worms, as their name indicates, move slowly and aren't shy at all. They can easily be taken. But then they start to wriggle so hard, that their tail breaks off (autotomy). Hence it Latin name : fragilis (breakable). The new tail grows only to a length of a few centimetres. Autotomy (from the Greek auto = self- and tomy = severing) or self amputation is the act whereby an animal severs one of its own appendages, usually as a self-defence mechanism designed to elude a predators grasp. ...
The small eyes have moveable eyelids. They have a leadgray back, redbrown flanks and a blueblack belly. They have sharp, little teeth with grooves. This allows them to grab and swallow whole their soft invertebrate prey, such as slugs, hairless caterpillars and earthworms. Snails are usually avoided, except when they are still very young and the shell can be easily broken. Their tongue, which moves constantly, is sensitive to smells. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Slugs are gastropods without shells or with very small shells (often which are internal), in contrast with snails from which they share a common ancestor, which have a prominent shell. ...
The striking caterpillar of the Emperor Gum Moth A caterpillar is the larval form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). ...
Jump to: navigation, search Earthworm is the common reference for the larger members of the Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ...
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