Common name: the Eastern Slow Worm
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution: Armenia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Iran, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey
Size: up to 500 mm
Description: upperside light or dark brown with a dark vertebral stripe in females and distinct blue spots in males
Habitat: mixed and riverine forests, parks, field edges, agricultural areas
Activity: diurnal, nocturnal during hot summer months, hibernation occurs from September-October to March-April
Diet: various invertebrates
Reproduction: viviparous, breeding occurs in May
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Russian Federation (Province of Saratov)
