Pictured here is a female Adder basking in the spring sunshine in preparation for the mating season. Photographed wild in Derbys

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Pictured here is a female Adder basking in the spring sunshine in preperation for the mating season. Photographed wild in Derbyshires Peak Districk, United Kingdom.

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Location: Sheffield,
Photo credit: © Lee Myers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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