Philothamnus
Genus of snakes
Philothamnus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa and includes both forest- and savanna-associated species as well as generalists. All Crotaphopeltis are arboreal.
01Species
The following 24 species are recognised as being valid.
- Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882, Angola green snake, western green snake
- Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge, 1951, Battersby's green snake
- Philothamnus belli (Günther, 1866)
- Philothamnus bequaerti (Schmidt, 1923), Bequaert's green snake
- Philothamnus brunneus J. Trape, Hughes & Mediannikov, 2021
- Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901), thirteen-scaled green snake
- Philothamnus dorsalis (Bocage, 1866), striped green snake, striped wood snake
- Philothamnus girardi Bocage, 1893, Girard's green snake, Annobon wood snake
- Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857), emerald green snake, variable green snake
- Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863), slender green snake
- Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863), southeastern green snake, green water snake
- Philothamnus hughesi J. Trape & Roux-Estève, 1990, Hughes's green snake
- Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819), northern green bush snake, irregular green snake
- Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger, 1895), large-eyed green snake, Usambara green snake
- Philothamnus mayombensis J. Trape, Collet, Hughes & Mediannikov, 2021, Mayombe bush snake
- Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith, 1848), Natal green snake, eastern Natal green snake
- Philothamnus nitidus (Günther, 1863), green bush snake, Cameroons wood snake
- Philothamnus occidentalis (Broadley, 1966), western Natal green snake, South African green snake
- Philothamnus ornatus Bocage, 1872, ornate green snake
- Philothamnus pobeguini (Chabanaud, 1916)
- Philothamnus punctatus W. Peters, 1867, spotted green snake
- Philothamnus ruandae Loveridge, 1951, Ruanda emerald green snake, Rwanda forest green snake
- Philothamnus semivariegatus (A. Smith, 1840), spotted bush snake
- Philothamnus thomensis Bocage, 1882, São Tomé wood snake
- Philothamnus chifunderai Greenbaum, Pauwels, Gvoždík, Vaughan, Chaney, Buontempo, Aristote, Muninga & Engelbrecht, 2023
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Philothamnus.
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