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Zamenis
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Zamenis

Zamenis is a genus of nonvenomous Old World snakes in the Colubridae family.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Aesculapian Snake

speciesZamenis longissimus

Ladder Snake

speciesZamenis scalaris

European Ratsnake

speciesZamenis situla

Italian Aesculapian Snake

speciesZamenis lineatus

Caucasian Ratsnake

speciesZamenis hohenackeri

Persian Ratsnake

speciesZamenis persicus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71810.