Philothamnus hughesi

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 hughesi

Name

Philothamnus hughesi Trape & Roux-Esteve, 1990

Type locality: Gangalingolo, 10 km au sud-ouset de Brazzaville.

Holotype: MNHP 1989-2543.

Synonyms

• Philothamnus hughesi Trape & Roux-Esteve, 1990
• Philothamnus hughesi — Broadley, 1998
• Philothamnus hughesi — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References

• Trape, J.F. & R. Roux-Esteve 1990: Note sur une collection de serpents du Congo avec description d'une espèce nouvelle. Rev. Zool. Afr. (J. Afr. Zool.), 104: 375–383.
• 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.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006: Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology, 55 (1):23-59.
• Philothamnus hughesi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 04 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Hughes' Green Snake