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title: "Eastern Slowworm"
description: "Anguis colchica — Reptiles. Anguis colchica, the eastern slow worm, is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae found in eastern and northern Europe and Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-slowworm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Slowworm

> Anguis colchica — Reptiles. Anguis colchica, the eastern slow worm, is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae found in eastern and northern Europe and Asia.

- Scientific name: *Anguis colchica*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7508
- Wikidata: [Q2849791](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2849791)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145895](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145895)

## Names

- en: Eastern Slowworm
- de: Östliche Blindschleiche
- es: Lución oriental
- fr: Orvet oriental
- pl: Padalec kolchidzki

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3012), FI (1034), UA (871), RO (472), PL (373), GE (288), SK (202), TR (201), BY (188), IR (119), HU (104), BG (82)

## Summary

Anguis colchica, the eastern slow worm, is a species of legless lizard in the family Anguidae found in eastern and northern Europe and Asia. It is easily confused with the common slow worm, due to their physical similarities, and the proximity of their distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguis_colchica

## Photo

![Eastern Slowworm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-slowworm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90364025

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-slowworm?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).