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Zamenis longissimus🐍

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SpeciesColubridae
Reptiles

🐍Aesculapian Snake

Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)

Полоз ескулапів, полоз лісовий, ескулапова змія (Zamenis longissimus) — вид змій родини полозових (Colubridae). Один із 6 видів роду. Поширений в Європі та Західній Азії. Типовий лісовий мешканець. Раритетний вид плазунів, занесений до Червоної книги України та ряду інших природоохоронних документів.. Умовно отруйна змія (реальної небезпеки для людини не становить)..

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Also called
Aesculapian Ratsnake
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.68 kg
Body length
2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
30 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Aesculapian Snake

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.68 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
2 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
30 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Diet
Carnivorous
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.65 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.7 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Aesculapian Snake yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusZamenis
  6. ›speciesZamenis longissimus
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusZamenis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusZamenis
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užovka stromová (cs), Zamenis longissimus (es), Couleuvre d'Esculape (fr), pensaskäärme (fi), Bjelica (hr), serp d'Esculapi (ca) … and 24 more languages
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