Philodryas

Philodryas olfersii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Philodryas
Species (17): P. aestiva – P. agassizii – P. arnaldoi – P. baroni – P. boliviana – P. chamissonis – P. cordata – P. erlandi – P. livida – P. mattogrossensis – P. nattereri – P. olfersii – P. patagoniensis – P. psammophidea – P. pseudomamba – P. trilineata – P. varia

Name

Philodryas Wagler, 1830: 185

• Type species: Coluber olfersii Lichtenstein, 1823, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pseudablabes Boulenger, 1896: 126 [synonymised by Zaher et al. (2009: 145)]
  • Type species: Eirenis agassizii Jan, 1863, by monotypy.
• Platyinion Amaral, 1923: 91 [synonymised by Thomas & Fernandes (1996: 273)]
  • Type species: Platyinion lividum Amaral, 1923, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Amaral, A. do. 1923. New genera and species of snakes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 85–105. BHL
• Thomas, R.A. & Fernandes, R. 1996. The systematic status of Platyinium lividum Amaral, 1923 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae). Herpetologica 52(2): 271–275.
• Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Cadle, J.E., Murphy, R.W., Moura-Leite, J.C. & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49(11): 115–153. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Arredondo, J.C., Grazziotin, F.G., Scrocchi, G.J., Rodrigues, M.T., Bonatto, S.L. & Zaher, H. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Philodryadini Cope, 1886 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae): Rediscovering the diversity of the South American Racers. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206053. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.53 Reference page. 
• Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Passos, P., Martins, A.R., Jennings, W.B., Moura-Leite, J.C., Morato, S.A.A., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Venâncio, N.M. & Souza, M.B. [2020] 2021. A phantom on the trees: integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini). Zoologischer Anzeiger 290: 19–39. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.10.008 Reference page. 
• Di Pietro, D.O., Sánchez, J., Poljak, S. & Alcalde, L. 2026. Morphological and molecular variation reveal cryptic diversity in the racer Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858) (Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 76: 93–119. DOI: 10.3897/vz.76.e169219 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Philodryas . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 October 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: South American Green Racers