🐍Aesculapian Snake
醫神蛇（Aesculapian snake，學名：Zamenis longissimus）是一種蛇類，屬於游蛇科黃頷蛇亞科的一個物種，與豹斑鼠蛇、梯紋鼠蛇等同為Zamenis屬，和錦蛇是近親。棲息地位於歐洲。 醫神蛇的名稱來自於希臘神話的醫神，阿斯克勒庇俄斯（Aesculapius）。著名的阿斯克勒庇俄斯之杖（即蛇杖）標誌上的蛇即為醫神蛇。長久以來，蛇杖被用來作於醫學的象徵，世界衛生組織（WHO）亦使用其作為組織標誌。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
- 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
Everything we know about the Aesculapian Snake
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.68 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan30 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.65 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyColubridae
- ›genusZamenis
- ›speciesZamenis longissimus
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusZamenis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- genusZamenis
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