Caption

After hibernation... Wood lizard (Zootoca vivipara) sitting on a stone, on rocks, warming up in the sun, but perhaps already on the hunt, looking for food, photo taken in early spring, very detailed, typical features are easy to recognise, wildlife, nature in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Mar 27, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G12_061

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23,2Mb (1008,4Kb) / 9,5in x 9,5in / 2848 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty heat warmth heat warm stone stones rock rocks Lacertidae Lacertad Lacertas wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife hunt hunt hunting hunts foraging foraging search for food searches for food searching for food forage hunting food foraging for food search of food looking for food animal behaviour animal animals sunlight sunshine sunshine sun lights sun sun spring spring springtime in May winter in Winter winter time wintry winterly Wintery nature open air German wildlife fauna sit sitting sits seated perched Europe Europe's Lacertilia Lizard Lizards Reptile Reptilia Reptiles hibernate hibernating hibernates overwinter overwintering overwinters typical characteristic warm warming warms unusual exceptional extraordinary unusually exceptionally european hibernation hibernations special especially Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD Lepidosauria Lepidosauria Lepidosauria Scaled reptile Squamata Scaled reptiles Zootoca vivipara Viviparous lizard Viviparous lizards Lacerta vivipara Common lizard Common lizards Forest lizard characteristic feature characteristic features particularity particularities feature features wildlife photography wildlife photography natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments early spring Central Europe Middle Europe Western europe Hibernation Vertebrate North Rhine-Westphalia