Philothamnus bequaerti

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 bequaerti

Name

Philothamnus bequaerti (Schmidt, 1923)

Synonyms

• Chlorophis bequaerti Schmidt, 1923: 75
• Philothamnus irregularis — Schmidt, 1923: 76 (fide Hughes, 1985)
• Philothamnus bequaerti — Hughes, 1985
• Philothamnus bequaerti — Broadley, 1998
• Philothamnus bequaerti — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References

• Schmidt, K.P. 1923: Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part II. Snakes, with field notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 49 (1): 1–146.
• Hughes, B. 1985: Progress on a taxonomic revision of African green tree snakes (Philothamnus spp.). In: Schuchmann, K.L. (ed.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on African Vertebrates. ZFMK, Bonn.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006: Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55 (1):23-59.
• Philothamnus bequaerti at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 02 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bequaert's Green Snake