Critter identification please!

[number2]

I’m out for a walk with my daughter and our dog as I write this and we just came across this little fella. My daughter was nervous about holding it until I assured her it was perfectly harmless.
I put it in the grass at the side of the path.

Slow worm.

[Ruggertech]

Slow worm.

Looking again I think you are right. Looked too dark to be a slow worm to me at first but I can see it doesn't have the grass snake markings to the side of the head.

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[jaytip]

Any idea what it was?

I knew what it was. A slow worm. That’s why I allowed my daughter to handle it and assured her it was harmless.

[number2]

Looking again I think you are right. Looked too dark to be a slow worm to me at first but I can see it doesn't have the grass snake markings to the side of the head.

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Yep you're right chum, also a grass snake is frequently though not always more like a dark emerald green, and the head shape isn't usually so rounded.

[Ruggertech]

Yep you're right chum, also a grass snake is frequently though not always more like a dark emerald green, and the head shape isn't usually so rounded.

Cheers, the dark colour threw me off completely. Happy to stand corrected.

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