Zamenis longissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Zamenis
Species: Zamenis longissimus

Name

Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)

Type material: not designated, unknown.
Type locality: “Austria”, restricted to “Wien [=Vienna]”, Austria, by Mertens & Müller (1928: 47).

Combinations

Natrix longissima Laurenti, 1768: 74 [original combination]
Elaphe longissima — Mertens, 1925: 94 [subsequent combination]
Zamenis longissimus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Coluber aesculapii Lacépède, 1789
Coluber flavescens Gmelin, 1789
Coluber asclepiadeus Donndorff, 1798
Coluber leprosus Donndorff, 1798
Coluber pannonicus Donndorff, 1798
Coluber sellmanni Donndorff, 1798
Coluber romanus Suckow, 1798
Natrix scopolii Merrem, 1820
Coluber fugax Eichwald, 1831
Coluber flavescens nigrescens Massalongo, 1853
Coluber aesculapii niger Dürigen, 1897
Coluber aesculapii ventrimaculatus Dürigen, 1897 [substitute name for Coluber fugax Eichwald 1831]
Coluber aesculapii virgatus Dürigen, 1897 [substitute name for Coluber romanus Suckow 1798]
Coluber longissimus deubeli Méhelÿ, 1897
Coluber longissimus subgrisea Werner, 1897
Coluber longissimus lineata Balli, 1944 [not Callopeltis longissimus lineata Camerano 1897]

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page.
Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zamenis longissimus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2022.
Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Böhme, W., Ajtic, R., Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez-Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Borczyk, B., Schmidt, B. & Meyer, A. 2017. IUCN: Zamenis longissimus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157266A49063773. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157266A49063773.en. Accessed on 20 October 2022.

Vernacular names

български: Смок мишкар
bosanski: Smuk
čeština: Užovka stromová
Deutsch: Äskulapnatter
English: Aesculapian Ratsnake
euskara: Eskulapioren suge
français: Couleuvre d'Esculape
magyar: Erdei sikló
italiano: Colubro di Esculapio
Lëtzebuergesch: Äskulapnatter
Nederlands: Esculaapslang
norsk: Eskulapsnok
polski: Wąż Eskulapa
русский: Эскулапов полоз
slovenčina: Užovka stromová
slovenščina: Navadni gož

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