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    Species Accepted

    Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)

    Aesculapean Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Zamenis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      44 results
      Aesculapean Snake English
      Aesculapian Ratsnake English
      Aesculapian Snake English
      Cobra de Esculapio Galician
      Cobra-rateira-asclepiana Portuguese
      Colubro d'Esculapio Italian
      Colubro di Esculapio Italian
      Couleuvre d'Esculape French
      Couleuvre d'Esculape (La) French
      Culebra de Esculapio Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      164 results
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      Marko, Š., Rusinko, A., Barka, M. et al. (2025). Snakes among citizens: distribution and ecology of the Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in Bratislava revealed by citizen science. BMC Ecol Evo 25, 136 (2025).
      Bringsøe, H. (2015). Kæmpen vi ikke længere har plads til i Danmark – Iagttagelser af Æskulapsnog i Sydtyskland. Habitat 12: 6-17.
      Wilson, Matt J., Bo Stille and Marie Stille. (2014). Herpetofauna of Paxos, Ionian Islands, Greece, including two species new to the island. Herpetozoa 27 (1/2): 108-112.
      Christopoulos, A., Kotselis, C., Stefanopoulos, P., & Zevgolis, Y. G. (2023). New distribution records for the Aesculapian snake Zamenis longissimus in Greek Thrace. Herpetological Bulletin, 164: 33–36. E_Zamenis_Longissimus_In_Greek_Thrace.
      Uhrin, Marcel; Peter Havaš, Martin Minařík, Karel Kodejš, Imrich Bugoš, Stanislav Danko, Tomáš Husák, Daniel Koleska and Daniel Jablonski. (2016). Distribution updates to amphibian and reptile fauna for the Republic of Macedonia. Herpetology Notes 9: 201-220.
      Zang, R. (1904). Über horizontale und vertikale Verbreitung einiger reptilien und Amphibien Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Zool. Anz. 28: 249-251.
      Paterna, A. (2024). Analyzing and comparing the buccal anatomy of European colubroid snakes: A reassessment of dentition models. Phyllomedusa 23(2), 111-124.
      König, D. (1985). Langjährige Beobachtungen an der Äskulapnatter Elaphe longissima (LAURENTI 1768). Salamandra 21 (1): 17-39.
      Krofel, M. (2004). First record of albino Aesculapian Snake (Elaphe longissima) in Slovenia. Natura Sloveniae 6 (2): 53-56.

      Citation

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