Italian Aesculapian snake

Italian Aesculapian snake
An adult Zamenis lineatus from Sicily.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Zamenis
Species:
Z. lineatus
Binomial name
Zamenis lineatus
(Camerano, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Coluber romanus
    Suckow, 1798
  • Callopeltis longissimus var. lineata
    Camerano, 1891
  • Elaphe longissima romana
    — Capocaccia, 1964
  • Elaphe lineata
    — Lenk & Wüster, 1999
  • Zamenis lineatus
    — Utiger et al., 2002
  • Zamenis lineata
    — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006
  • Zamenis lineatus
    — Li Vigni, 2013

The Italian Aesculapian snake (Zamenis lineatus) is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to parts of Italy.

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