On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:22:15 +0100, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , Gwenhyffar
Milgi writes

ggg we get a few of those here as well. What I mean is a legless
amphibian though. I don't know what they're called!

I'm not aware of any legless amphibians in the UK! We've only got toads,
newts and frogs. I suppose you could call a tadpole a legless amphibian
;-)

Do you mean slowworm, aka legless lizard? It's a reptile, along with
lizards and snakes. Lives on small invertebrates, completely harmless, a
lovely thing to have in the garden.

Well, no. It was about 4 cm's long, glittery grey/silver in colour,
and it was definitely an amphibian. It had no legs.

I've kept snakes, so I am aware of the difference between amphibians
and reptiles. There's a difference in skin appearance between a wet
amphibian and a wet reptile. This looked more like a salamander
without legs than like a small snake.

I found it when I was clearing out the gully at the back of the house,
consequently that part of the gully has not been cleaned yet, as I
didn't know what it was specifically and I didn't want to disturb
anymore of its habitat.

It didn't have the black flanks of a juvenile slowworm, and it was
smaller than my book says that juvenile slowworms are.


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