Philothamnus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species (21): P. angolensis – P. battersbyi – P. bequaerti – P. carinatus – P. dorsalis – P. girardi – P. heterodermus – P. heterolepidotus – P. hoplogaster – P. hughesi – P. irregularis – P. macrops – 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.). - In: African Vertebrates, Karl-L. Schuchmann, Bonn, pp. 511–530.
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 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Philothamnus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2020.

Vernacular names
English: African Green Snakes

Philothamnus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882
Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge, 1951
Philothamnus bequaerti (Schmidt, 1923)
Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901)
Philothamnus dorsalis (Bocage, 1866)
Philothamnus girardi Bocage, 1893
Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857)
Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863)
Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863)
Philothamnus hughesi J.-F. Trape & Roux-Estève, 1990
Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819)
Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger, 1895)
Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith, 1848)
Philothamnus nitidus (Günther, 1863)
Philothamnus occidentalis (Broadley, 1966)
Philothamnus ornatus Bocage, 1872
Philothamnus pobeguini (Chabanaud, 1916)
Philothamnus punctatus W. Peters, 1867
Philothamnus ruandae Loveridge, 1951
Philothamnus semivariegatus (A. Smith, 1840)
Philothamnus thomensis Bocage, 1882

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Philothamnus.
References

Genus Philothamnus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.