Slow worms in Spain. How far south?

[clive Grazalema]

Whats the furthest South in Spain that you have seen or heard of a slow worm? I am sure I saw one once in the Sierra Norte de Seville but everyone tells me thats impossible and that it was probably a skink or worm lizard….. (Even back then I thought that I could tell the differnce between those three species! 🙂

Read more about slow worms here: https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/slow-worm-anguis-fragilis-lucion/

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[Dave]

I have seen slow worm in the Sierra de Culebra and on the Portuguese side at Tras o Montes…. Thats as far south for me.

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[Simon_100 Tremp]

I’ve seen slow worms here in the Pyrenees, not so very far south though! 🙂

[clive Grazalema]

Thanks Simon and Dave….. Hmmmm No, not that far south at all…. 🙂

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[mcmullenjenny2 castillejar]

I have seen slow worms in my compost heap.I live in the north east of granada province on the altiplano.

 

[clive Grazalema]

Hi Jenny and welcome to the forum… 🙂

Wow, that is really south for  slow worm (Anguis fragilis) I have been here long enough to never say never about anything as Spain always throws up surprises.

However, all distribution maps show this species to be no further south than Guadalajara or Northern Madrid. (Ie it occupies the Northern half of the Iberian peninsular.

I wonder if you have seen the similar creatures such as the skinks or worm lizard..

https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/bedriagas-skink/

https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/southwest-iberian-worm-lizard/

Do you have a photo? Or, can you get one next time you see one?

 

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[mcmullenjenny2 castillejar]

Hi,thanks for letting me join this group.I  am pretty sure it was a slow worm as I have come across them before.I will take a photo of it next time.I joined a bird group recently and sent in a sighting of a red Kite and they told me I was wrong.As it had been knocking about for a while I managed to find it one morning and take a photo.They confirmed my sighting.I came close to eating my hat then,and I am pretty sure I will eat my hat again if I am wrong about the slow worm.Saludos.

[clive Grazalema]

Look forward to a photo Jenny … Never say never I have learned whilst living here 🙂 (Don’t eat your hat, you’ll need it this coming summer… 🙂

 

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