Philothamnus belli

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 belli

Name

Philothamnus belli (Günther, 1866)

• Holotype: BMNH 36.8.1.669, ♀, collected by Lieut. Bell.
• Type locality: “Sierra Leone”.

Combinations

• Herpetaethiops bellii Günther, 1866: 27 [original combination]
• Philothamnus belli — Trape & Baldé, 2014 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1866. Fifth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 18(103): 24–29. BHL Reference page. 
• Trape, J.-F. & Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Philothamnus belli. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 April 2022.