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| Anguis Temporal range:
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| Anguis fragilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Anguinae |
| Genus: | Anguis Linnaeus, 1758[2] |
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| Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
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Slowworms[3] (also called blindworms and hazelworms) are a small genus (Anguis) of snake-like legless lizards in the family Anguidae. The genus has several living species, including the common slowworm (A. fragilis), the eastern slowworm (A. colchica), the Greek slowworm (A. graeca), the Peloponnese slowworm (A. cephalonnica), and the Italian slowworm (A. veronensis). There are also known fossil species.
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- ^ The "slow-" in slowworm is distinct from the English adjective slow ("not fast"); the word comes from Old English slāwyrm, where slā- means "slowworm" and wyrm means "serpent, reptile". ("Slowworm". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2017.)