Philothamnus dorsalis

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

Philothamnus dorsalis (Bocage, 1866)

Lectotype: MBL, collected by J.A. d’Anchieta in 1864. [designated by Bocage (1882: 10), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]
Type locality: “Molembo, Afrique occidentale”, emended to “Molembo de la Côte de Loango au nord du Zaire” by Bocage (1882: 10).

Leptophis dorsalis Bocage, 1866: 48 [original combination]
Philothamnus dorsalis — Peters, 1876: 119 [subsequent combination]
Philothamnus semivariegatus dorsalis — Loveridge, 1933 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]

Bocage, J.V.B. de 1866. Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d'Africa occidental que existem no Museu Lisboa. Jornal de Sciências Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 1: 37–56. BHL

Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 1–198. BHL
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.

Kusamba, C. & Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. 2021. IUCN: Philothamnus dorsalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T43130430A43130446. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T43130430A43130446.en. Accessed on 19 May 2026.