Laurie Campbell / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) female with newborn young on rock face, controlled conditions, Berwickshire, Scotland, July

Alex Hyde / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) photographed on a white background, Midi-Pyrenees, France, August.

Simon Colmer / Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) on white background Sussex, UK

Colin Varndell / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) Powerstock Common, Dorset, April

Kim Taylor / Slow-worm {Anguis fragilis} cast skin. UK.

Colin Seddon / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) on rock. England, UK, Europe

WILLIAM OSBORN / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) sunbathing on moss. UK

Fabio Pupin / Italian slow worm, (Anguis veronensis), Italy, June . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Slow worm, (Anguis colchica) Romania, July . Non-ex.

Kerstin Hinze / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) sensing, flicking its tongue, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany. August.

Philippe Clement / Close-up of a male Slow worm (Anguis fragilis), smelling with tongue, Luxembourg, April.

Nick Upton / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) on coastal clifftop grassland. Cornwall, England, UK. May.