European Ratsnake

Taxobox
name = European Ratsnake

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Zamenis"
species = "Z. situla"
binomial = "Zamenis situla"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms = "Elaphe situla" (Linnaeus, 1758)The European Ratsnake or Leopard Snake ("Zamenis situla") is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine, and possibly Cyprus.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, pastureland, plantations , and rural gardens.

References

* Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Corti, C. & Haxhiu, I. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61444/all Zamenis situla] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.