Philothamnus girardi

Philothamnus girardi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Philothamnus
Species:	P. girardi
Binomial name
	Philothamnus girardi; Bocage, 1893[2]
Synonyms[2]
	Philothamnus girardi ; Bocage, 1893; Philothamnus semivariegatus girardi ; — Mertens, 1934; Philothamnus girardi ; — Hughes, 1985;

Philothamnus girardi, also known commonly as the Annobon wood snake and Girard's green snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to Central Africa.

Taxonomy

P. girardi was originally described and named as a species new to science by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.[3]

The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).[4]

P. girardi occurs on the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also occur in the Republic of the Congo.[2]

The preferred natural habitat of P. girardi is forest.[1]

P. girardi is fully arboreal.[2]

P. girardi is oviparous.[2]

Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Philothamnus girardi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43130453A43130455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T43130453A43130455.en. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
Philothamnus girardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 January 2019.
Barbosa du Bocage, J.V. (1893). "Diagnoses de deux nouveaux reptiles de l'île de Anno-Bon". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisbõa, Segunda Série 3: 47-48. (Philothamnus girardi, new species, pp. 47–48). (in French).
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Philothamnus girardi, p. 101).

Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Philothamnus girardi, p. 102).
Harrington, Sean M.; de Haan, Jordyn M.; Shapiro, Lindsey; Ruane, Sara (2018). "Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71.
Mertens R (1934). "Die Inseln-Reptilien, ihre Audbreitung Variation und Artbildung ". Zoologica (Stuttgart) 32: 1–209. (Philothamnus semivariegatus girardi, new combination). (in German).
Sánchez-Vialas A, Calvo-Revuelta M, De la Riva I (2022). "Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea". Zootaxa 5202: 1–197.

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