When it is recorded
Jan24
Feb86
Mar830
Apr2,645
May3,210
Jun2,377
Jul2,136
Aug1,965
Sep1,681
Oct610
Nov58
Dec37
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 765 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 573 | |
| 3 | Essex | England | 571 | |
| 4 | Devon | England | 551 | |
| 5 | Swansea | Wales | 508 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 477 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 447 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 437 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 335 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 324 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 294 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 288 | |
| 13 | Torbay | England | 276 | |
| 14 | Norfolk | England | 261 | |
| 15 | Powys | Wales | 243 |
12,748 England1,103 Scotland2,121 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 15,975
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 74
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Anguis fragilis
- Also known as
- Slow-Worm
- Group
- Reptiles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 15,260
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Highland, Essex, Devon, Swansea, Surrey, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Cornwall, Somerset, Cumbria, Dorset +24
- Conservation designations
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Squamata
- Family
- Anguidae
- Genus
- Anguis
- Name with authority
- Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 30
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q183660 · GBIF 2468095