Italian Aesculapian Snake

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Italian Aesculapian Snake
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Zamenis
Species: Z. lineatus
Binomial name
Zamenis lineatus
Suckow, 1798
Synonyms

Elaphe lineata (Camerano, 1891)

The Italian Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis lineatus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is endemic to Italy.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas.

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