Philothamnus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species: 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. ornatus - P. punctatus - P. semivariegatus - P. thomensis

[edit] Name

Philothamnus Smith, 1840

Type species: Dendrophis (Philothamnus) natalensis Smith, 1840

[edit] References

• Smith, A. 1838: 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. Vol. 3, Reptilia. 28 p Smith, Elder, & Co., London [This series was published in 28 parts; see Waterhouse 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880: 489-491, and Jentink 1893, Notes Leyden Mus. 15: 182, for publication dates and contents.]
• 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.
• Philothamnus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 02 oct 2008.

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