Dahls Wipe Snake

Zamenis is a genus of Old World non-venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.

Name

Zamenis comes from Greek ζαμενής (lat. vehemens, iracundus)^[1] meaning "angry", "irritable", "fierce".

Species

The following 6 species are recognized as being valid:^[2]

• Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) – Transcaucasian ratsnake
• Zamenis lineatus (Camerano, 1891) – Italian Aesculapian snake
• Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) – Aesculapian snake
• Zamenis persicus (F. Werner, 1913) – Persian ratsnake
• Zamenis scalaris (Schinz, 1822) – Ladder snake
• Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) – European ratsnake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zamenis.

References

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