Philothamnus semivariegatus

Philothamnus semivariegatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species: Philothamnus semivariegatus

Name

Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847)

Type locality: Bushman Flat, Cape Province, South Africa.

Synonyms

• Dendrophis (Philothamnus) semivariegata Smith, 1847
• Ahaetulla bocagii — Günther, 1888
• Philothamnus bocagii — Günther, 1895
• Ahaetulla irregularis Parenti & Picaglia, 1886
• Philothamnus semivariegatus — Boulenger, 1894: 99
• Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus — Loveridge, 1936: 33
• Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus — Bogert, 1942
• Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus — Loveridge, 1955
• Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus — Auerbach, 1987: 183
• Philothamnus semivariegatus semivariegatus — Boycott, 1992
• Philothamnus semivariegatus — Broadley, 1998

References

• Smith, A. 1848: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder & Co., London (1847-1849).
• Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Broadley, D.G. 1998: The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo. [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
• Philothamnus semivariegatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 04 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gefleckte Buschschlange
English: Spotted Bush Snake, Spotted Green Snake
hts: Nzokha-munangare