Anguis fragilis, the slowworm, is a legless lizard native to Eurasia. It is also called a blindworm, deaf adder or, regionally, a long-cripple; to distinguish it from the Peloponnese slowworm, it is also sometimes called a common slowworm. The 'blind' in 'blindworm' refers to the lizard's small eyes, similar to a blindsnake (although the slowworm's eyes are functional).