Philothamnus

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 (25): P. angolensis – P. battersbyi – P. belli – P. bequaerti – P. brunneus – P. carinatus – P. chifunderai – P. dorsalis – P. girardi – P. heterodermus – P. heterolepidotus – P. hoplogaster – P. hughesi – P. irregularis – P. macrops – P. mayombensis – P. natalensis – P. nitidus – P. occidentalis – P. ornatus – P. pobeguini – P. punctatus – P. ruandae – P. semivariegatus – P. thomensis

Name

Philothamnus Smith, 1847: unnumbered page, expl. pl. 59

• Type species: Dendrophis (Philothamnus) semivariegata Smith, 1847, by monotypy.
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 328 (1955: 301).

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1955. Opinion 328. Suppression under the Plenary Powers, of the specific name “caesius” Cloquet, 1818, as published in the combination “Coluber caesius”, for the purpose of validating the specific name “irregularis” Leach, 1819, as published in the combination “Coluber irregularis” (Class Reptilia, Order Squamata). pp. 299–308 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 9, part 20. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 416 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hughes, B. 1977. Chlorophis carinatus Andersson, 1901, proposed nomenclatural precedence over Philothamnus nigrofasciatus Buchholz and Peters, 1875, its senior subjective synonym (Reptilia: Colubridae). Z.N.(S) 2174. Bull. zool. Nomencl 33: 248–249.
• Hughes, B. 1985. Progress on a taxonomic revision of the african green tree snakes (Philothamnus spp.). pp. 511–530 In: African Vertebrates. Karl-L. Schuchmann: Bonn.
• 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. 
• Trape, J.-F., Hughes, B., Collet, M. & Mediannikov, O. 2021. Phylogénie moléculaire des serpents du groupe Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857) (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 179: 27–42. DOI: 10.48716/bullshf.179-3 Reference page. 
• Greenbaum, E., Pauwels, O.S.G., Gvoždík, V., Vaughan, E.R., Chaney, T., Buontempo, M., Aristote, M.M., Muninga, W.M. & Engelbrecht, H.M. 2023. Systematics of the Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of a cryptic new species from Central and East Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 119–144. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2245840 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Philothamnus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 October 2024.

Vernacular names

English: African Green Snakes