Philothamnus bequaerti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Philothamnus bequaerti (Schmidt, 1923)

• Holotype: AMNH 12080, ♂, collected by H. Lang and J.P. Chapin (Lang-Chapin Belgian Congo Expedition) in November 1910.
• Type locality: “Niangara, Belgian Congo, ca. 3°40’N, 27°50’E”.

Combinations

• Chlorophis bequaerti Schmidt, 1923: 75 [original combination]
• Philothamnus bequaerti — Hughes, 1985 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, K.P. 1923. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part II. Snakes, with field notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 49(1): 1–146.
• 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.

Additional references

• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1): 23-59.

Links

• Spawls, S. & Wagner, P. 2021. IUCN: Philothamnus bequaerti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T20878693A20878702. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T20878693A20878702.en. Accessed on 26 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Bequaert's Green Snake