Aesculapian Snake (Elaphe longissima or Zamenis longissimus) is a snake native to Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1220 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Aesculapian Snake Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... Suborders Lacertilia- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. ... Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Genera According to ITIS: Adelophis Adelphicos Alsophis Amastridium Arizona Arrhyton Atractus Bogertophis Boiga Carphophis Cemophora Cerberus Chersodromus Chilomeniscus Chionactis Clelia Clonophis Coluber Coniophanes Conophis Conopsis Contia Cryophis Dendrelaphis Dendrophidion Diadophis Dipsas Dryadophis Drymarchon Drymobius Elaphe Enulius Eridiphas Erythrolamprus Farancia Ficimia Geagras Geophis Gyalopion Heterodon Hypsiglena Imantodes Lampropeltis Leptodeira Leptophis Liochlorophis... Rat snakes are a large, polyphyletic, group of snakes from the Colubrid subfamily Colubrinae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Joseph Nicolai Laurenti (December 4, 1735 - February 17, 1805) was an Austrian naturalist. ... For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...
It is a large slender non-venomous snake, which is an excellent tree-climber. When young, it feeds on lizards, as an adult its diet consists of rodents, moles, and shrews, young birds and eggs. Female lay clutches of 5-8 eggs.
This snake is an alien species to the United Kingdom but poses no threat.
All snakes are carnivorous, eating a variety of animal life, from insects, spiders, and snails to frogs, mice, and rats.
Snakes reproduce either by laying eggs, which the female usually abandons in a secluded spot, or by bringing forth living young from eggs hatched within the body, which are also abandoned.
Snakes are the most recent group of reptiles to appear, probably evolving from lizards or lizardlike animals about 100 million years ago, toward the end of the Mesozoic era.
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