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
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species: Philothamnus heterolepidotus

Name

Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863)

Type locality: Africa.

Synonyms

  • Ahaetulla heterolepidota Günther, 1863: 286
  • Ahaetulla gracillima — Günther, 1888
  • Chlorophis gracillimus — Günther, 1895
  • Chlorophis heterolepidotus — Boulenger, 1894: 95
  • Chlorophis heterolepidotus — Boulenger, 1897: 278
  • Chlorophis gracilis Sternfeld, 1910 (fide Hallermann, 2007)
  • Chlorophis heterolepidotus — Schmidt, 1923: 76
  • Chlorophis heterolepidotus — Parker, 1932: 219
  • Philothamnus heterolepidotus — Loveridge, 1955
  • Philothamnus heterolepidotus — Hughes, 1985
  • Philothamnus heterolepidotus — Broadley, 1998
  • Philothamnus heterolepidotus — Jackson et al., 2007

References

  • Günther, A. 1863: On some species of tree-snakes (Ahaetulla). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) 11: 283–287.
  • Loveridge, A. 1956: On snakes collected in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by J.S. Owen, Esq. Sudan Notes Rec., 36: 37–56 [1955].
  • Jackson, Kate; Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Lis-Bethy Mavoungou, and Serge Pangou 2007: Amphibians and Reptiles of the LacTélé Community Reserve, Likouala Region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 75–86.
  • Philothamnus heterolepidotus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 04 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Slender Green Snake
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