A male slow worm <i>Anguis fragilis</i> sunbathing in early spring. (Males have greyish color often and the head is more sturdy then the female head).Taken on small strip of heathland near Arnhem, the Netherlands. Preferred habitat in the Netherlands is mixture of heathland and woods, well exposed to the sun.
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