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1152:Die Amphibien und Reptilien Baden-WĂŒrttembergs.
1150:In: Hubert Laufer, Klemens Fritz, Peter Sowig:
1148:Blindschleiche, Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758.
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477:Evening mating of slow worms (Anguis fragilis)
335:Distribution of species of European slow worms
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858:"How can I help garden slow worms?"
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756:Glass snake
671:A slow worm
510:A. fragilis
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