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Distribution

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Continent: Asia Europe
Distribution: S Italy (south to Ofanto river), W Yugoslavia: coastal Croatia (including some adriatic islands), Hercegowina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Turkey, Greece (Crete, Syros, Milos, Andros, Kynthos, Paros, Seriphos, Thira, Tinos, Kea, Lesbos, Syphnos, Chios, Corfu = Corfou, Samos, Rhodos), Malta, Bulgaria (Black Sea coast, Tundza river), Albania, Poland, Soviet Union, Ukraine (Krym).
Type locality: Egypt, (Linnaeus, 1758); Restricted to Turkey: Izmir (Bodenheimer, 1944)
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European ratsnake

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The European ratsnake or leopard snake (Zamenis situla), is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus.

Geographic range

Z. situla is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine, and possibly Cyprus.[1]

Description

The leopard snake is gray or tan with a dorsal series of reddish or brown transverse blotches, which have black borders. On each side is a series of smaller black spots, alternating with the dorsal blotches. There is a Y-shaped dark marking on the occiput and nape, a crescent-shaped black band from eye to eye across the prefrontals, and a black band from the postoculars diagonally to the corner of the mouth. The belly is white, checkered with black, or almost entirely back. The dorsal scales are in 25 or 27 rows, and are smooth. Adults may attain 90 cm (35+12 in) in total length, with a tail of 16 cm (6+14 in).[2]

Habitat

Natural habitats of the European ratsnake are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Wolfgang Böhme, Petros Lymberakis, Rastko Ajtic, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Pierre-André Crochet, Claudia Corti, Idriz Haxhiu, Roberto Sindaco, Aziz Avci, Jelka Crnobrnja Isailovic, Yusuf Kumlutaş (2009). "Zamenis situla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61444A12485786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61444A12485786.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Coluber leopardinus, pp. 41-42).
  3. ^ "Zamenis situla ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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European ratsnake: Brief Summary

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The European ratsnake or leopard snake (Zamenis situla), is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Europe, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus.

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