Colubridae Colubrinae Zamenis lineatus Zamenis situla
Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)
Aesculapian Snake

= Elaphe longissima (Laurenti, 1768)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 25, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Unknown locality, September 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Unknown locality, September 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, June 2005
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young, Manziana (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, October 11, 2008
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Unknown locality, September 1990
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Z. longissimus (© Bert Blok)

Adult, Barjac, dept. Gard, France, July 2002
(Photo by Bert Blok, Bedreigde flora in Nederland)

Z. longissimus (© Bert Blok)

Adult, Barjac, dept. Gard, France, July 2001
(Photo by Bert Blok, Bedreigde flora in Nederland)

Z. longissimus (© Brano Ivcic)

Adult, Slovakia
(Photo by Brano Ivcic, FotoAparįt.cz - Brano Ivcic)

Z. longissimus (© Stefan Dummermuth)

Adult, Ticino, Switzerland, June 1998
(Photo by Stefan Dummermuth)


Distribution:
Widely distributed in central and southern Europe; in Iberia only in northern Spain; few records from eastern Sardinia; in southern Italy and Sicily replaced by Zamenis lineatus Suckow, 1798

Similar species:
Zamenis lineatus (Colubridae)

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