Aesculapian snake
Elaphe longissima latin

If an Aesculapian snake attained a certain age, it would grow wings and become a dragon.

The Aesculapian snake which inhabited a crop field or a vineyard was seen as its guardian.

Some introduced snakes are aesculapian snake and dice snakes.

Among the variety of reptiles some protected species are Aesculapian snake, green whip snake, and tortoise.

Other reptile species exist but are not native: aesculapian snake, wall lizard and the green lizard.

There are two populations of Aesculapian snake which derive from escapes in Great Britain.

The Aesculapian Snakes are deemed secretive and not always easy to find even in areas of positive presence, or found in surprising contexts.

In addition are a few others: the dog and the wolf, and two snakes, the common grass snake and the Aesculapian snake.

In the region of Niš, the Aesculapian snakes were said to help the dragon boy in his fights against ale.

The Park also contains interesting bird species, including eagles and owls, and is home to the largest Polish population of Aesculapian snakes.

Aesculapian snake (Elaphe longissima)

Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus)

In these fights they were helped by the Aesculapian snake (smuk in Serbian), and for this reason people would not hurt these snakes.

Aesculapian snakes were kept in the combination hospital temple built by the ancient Greeks and later by Romans in honour of the God.

Elaphe longissima, or Aesculapian snakes, hibernate from October to the next May due to their sensitivity to cold temperature.

Interestingly, male Aesculapian snakes, or Elaphe longissima, tend to pursue female snakes until they can coil around them.

The Aesculapian snake (smuk in Serbian and smok in Bulgarian) was regarded as a very beneficial animal.

The Frauenstein area is home to a population of the Aesculapian Snake, a large, non-venomous snake rare to this area of Europe.

The Italian Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis lineatus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.

The temperate climate permits a remnant population of Aesculapian Snakes to survive in the area, despite the general cooling of the climate in what is now Germany.

Though the Aesculapian Snake occupies a relatively broad range and is not endangered as a species, it is thought to be in general decline largely due to anthropic disturbances.

The proportion of species of Mediterranean origin is insignificant, common representatives are: Fire Salamander, European Tree Frog, Aesculapian Snake, etc.

At the bottom of the painting Hygieia stood with the Aesculapian snake around her arm and the cup of Lethe in her hand, turning her back to mankind.

There are also many species of snakes - Coluber caspius, Aesculapian Snake, Elaphe sauromates, Malpolon monspessulanus among the others.

The gardens also contain Aesculapian Snakes in their natural habitat, courtesy of the Alpine Zoo of Innsbruck, an aviary, a Japanese alluvial forest, rice terraces, and tea plantations.

It has been claimed that the snake wrapped around the staff was a species of rat snake, Elaphe longissima.

Aesculapian snake (Elaphe longissima)

Elaphe longissima, or Aesculapian snakes, hibernate from October to the next May due to their sensitivity to cold temperature.

Interestingly, male Aesculapian snakes, or Elaphe longissima, tend to pursue female snakes until they can coil around them.

The Aesculapian Snake (now Zamenis longissimus, previously Elaphe longissima), a member of the Colubrinae subfamily of the family Colubridae, is a nonvenomous snake native to Europe.

Reptiles include the numerous Anguis fragilis and the much rarer Lacerta agilis, Lacerta viridis, Elaphe longissima, and extremely rarely also Coronella austriaca and Natrix natrix.

The populations previously classified as Elaphe longissima living in south-east Azerbaijan and northern Iranian Hyrcanian forests were reclassified by Nilson and Andrén in 1984 to Elaphe persica, now Zamenis persicus.

The Aesculapian Snake was first described by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 as Natrix longissima, later it was also known as Coluber longissimus and for the most part of its history as Elaphe longissima.