While hiking around a lake north of Mittenwald, we saw some Grass Snakes. My goal was to take pictures of a melanistic specimen… and I got them, from a distance and in difficult light though, so not the best quality. Still my first pictures of a black Grass Snake in Germany. A little unexpectedly I found a male Sand Lizard at a height of about 1.5 meters (5 ft) climbing a tree.
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| Natrix natrix - Grass Snake |
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| Portrait of this strikingly beautiful snake |
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| Natrix natrix - Grass Snake, melanistic |
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| Lacerta agilis - Sand Lizard |
One of the most famous bavarian lakes is the Eibsee. It is located at the northerly base of the Zugspitze (the highest mountain in Germany). The scenery is absolutely stunning! Around the trails of the Eibsee we observed several Sand Lizards (Lacerta agilis). They were not shy at all, so I was able to take some wide angle in situ pictures of them. Samira had to be very patient, because I wanted to stay with the lizards almost all day. Later I found a Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) in the more shady areas of the forest around the lake.
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| Eibsee |
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| Lacerta agilis - Sand Lizard, female |
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| Lacerta agilis - Sand Lizard, male |
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| Happy couple posing with Cosima (travel mascot) |
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| Slow Worm - Anguis fragilis |
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