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 |