Thursday, 19 June 2014

Not a Slow Worm!


I encountered this little chap in the garden today - specifically I lifted a stone and he was there.

Having convinced myself that he was a slow worm I thought I would just go online to check.. which was interesting in two ways.  Firstly, slow worms are a Eurasian species and so he wasn't a slow worm.  Secondly there was a surprisingly large number of different options when I searched for 'Snakes in Virginia' (it is a pretty big area with very diverse climate and habitats if you also count West Virginia).  My best guess is that he is an Earth Snake..

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