Aesculapian snake

It lays 1 clutch per year with a clutch or litter size of 11.5, the egg incubation period is 53.5 days, and sexual maturity comes at 4.5 years. The IUCN Red List classes it as Least Concern in its global assessment, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

72.2 g – 302.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

99.6 cm – 1.2 msrc for Length

Lifespan

3.55 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

3.9 years

Main food

rodentsrc for Main food

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

53.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

6.7 – 15src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.82 – 1src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The aesculapian snake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyColubridae
6. genusZamenis
7. SpeciesZamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)

Synonyms Coluber aesculapi, Coluber auculapii, Coluber longissimus, Coluber scopoli, Coluber sellmanni, Elaphe longissima, Natrix longissima, Zamenis aesculapii var. nigra

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@misc{aesculapian_snake_2026,
  title = {Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aesculapian-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}