Philothamnus

Класификация

Класификация: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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: Colubrinae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species (25): P. angolensis – P. battersbyi – P. belli – P. bequaerti – P. brunneus – P. carinatus – P. chifunderai – P. dorsalis – P. girardi – P. heterodermus – P. heterolepidotus – P. hoplogaster – P. hughesi – P. irregularis – P. macrops – P. mayombensis – P. natalensis – P. nitidus – P. occidentalis – P. ornatus – P. pobeguini – P. punctatus – P. ruandae – P. semivariegatus – P. thomensis

Име

Philothamnus Smith, 1847: unnumbered page, expl. pl. 59 [conserved name]

Type species: Dendrophis (Philothamnus) semivariegata Smith, 1847, by monotypy.
Gender: masculine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 328 (1955: 301).

Синоними

Chlorophis Hallowell, 1857: 53
- Type species: Chlorophis heterodermus Hallowell, 1857, by monotypy.
Herpetaethiops Günther, 1866: 27
- Type species: Herpetaethiops bellii Günther, 1866, by monotypy.
Chlorophis Theobald, 1868: 50 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Chlorophis Hallowell, 1857]
- Type species: Chlorophis oldhami Theobald, 1868, by monotypy.
Oligolepis Boulenger, 1895: 171
- Type species: Oligolepis macrops Boulenger, 1895, by monotypy.

Позовавания

Primary references

Smith, A. 1838–1849. 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; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 3. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page.
Hallowell, E. 1857. Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9(3): 48–72. BHL
Günther, A. 1866. Fifth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 18(103): 24–29. BHL Reference page.
Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 37(extra number): vi + 88 + iii pp., 4 pls. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1895. Descriptions of two new snakes from Usambara, German East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 16: 171–173. BHL
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1955. Opinion 328. Suppression under the Plenary Powers, of the specific name “caesius” Cloquet, 1818, as published in the combination “Coluber caesius”, for the purpose of validating the specific name “irregularis” Leach, 1819, as published in the combination “Coluber irregularis” (Class Reptilia, Order Squamata). pp. 299–308 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 9, part 20. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 416 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Loveridge, A. 1951. Synopsis of the African green snakes (Philothamnus inc. Chlorophis) with the description of a new form. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 27(37): 1–12. PDF
Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 1–198. BHL
Broadley, D.G. 1959. A review of the Green-Snakes, Genus Philothamnus, of the Rhodesias. Occasional papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. Natural sciences 3(23B): 309–313. Reference page.
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.). pp. 511–530 In: Schuchmann, K.-L. (ed.). Proceedings of the International Symposium on African Vertebrates: Systematics, Phylogeny and Evolutionary Ecology. Museum Alexander König: Bonn. 585 pp.
Jesus, J., Nagy, Z.T., Branch, W.R., Wink, M., Brehm, A. & Harris, D.J. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of African green snakes (genera Philothamnus and Hapsidophrys) from São Tomé, Príncipe and Annobon islands based on mtDNA sequences, and comments on their colonization and taxonomy. The Herpetological Journal 19(1): 41–48. PDF Reference page.
Trape, J.-F. & Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.3.1 Reference page.
Engelbrecht, H.M., Branch, W.R., Greenbaum, E., Alexander, G.J., Jackson, K., Burger, M., Conradie, W., Kasumba, C., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. & Tolley, K.A. 2019. Diversifying into the branches: Species boundaries in African green and bush snakes, Philothamnus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 357–365. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.023 Reference page.
Trape, J.-F., Hughes, B., Collet, M. & Mediannikov, O. 2021. Phylogénie moléculaire des serpents du groupe Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857) (Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae) avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 179: 27–42. DOI: 10.48716/bullshf.179-3 Reference page.
Greenbaum, E., Pauwels, O.S.G., Gvoždík, V., Vaughan, E.R., Chaney, T., Buontempo, M., Aristote, M.M., Muninga, W.M. & Engelbrecht, H.M. 2023. Systematics of the Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of a cryptic new species from Central and East Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 119–144. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2245840 Reference page.