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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Young Grass Snake

In the depths of a forest with a stream, this young specimen of Grass Snake was thermoregulating on the edge of its clear pool of water but, as its raised head reveals, it was very attentive to what was happening around it and was ready to escape if only I I was approached further

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Castione della Presolana (Bergamo province), Italy
Camera: PENTAX K-1 Mark II
Copyright: © Maurizio Teruzzi