Philothamnus girardi
| Philothamnus girardi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Philothamnus |
| Species: | P. girardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Philothamnus girardi | |
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Philothamnus girardi, also known commonly as the Annobon wood snake and Girard's green snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to Central Africa.
Taxonomy[edit]
P. girardi was originally described and named as a species new to science by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).[4]
Geographic range[edit]
P. girardi occurs on the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also occur in the Republic of the Congo.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of P. girardi is forest.[1]
Behavior[edit]
P. girardi is fully arboreal.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Philothamnus girardi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43130453A43130455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T43130453A43130455.en. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Philothamnus girardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 January 2019.
- ^ Barbosa du Bocage, J.V. (1893). "Diagnoses de deux nouveaux reptiles de l'île de Anno-Bon". Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisbõa, Segunda Série 3: 47-48. (Philothamnus girardi, new species, pp. 47–48). (in French).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Philothamnus girardi, p. 101).
Further reading[edit]
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Philothamnus girardi, p. 102).
- Harrington, Sean M.; de Haan, Jordyn M.; Shapiro, Lindsey; Ruane, Sara (2018). "Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71.
- Mertens R (1934). "Die Inseln-Reptilien, ihre Audbreitung Variation und Artbildung ". Zoologica (Stuttgart) 32: 1–209. (Philothamnus semivariegatus girardi, new combination). (in German).
- Sánchez-Vialas A, Calvo-Revuelta M, De la Riva I (2022). "Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea". Zootaxa 5202: 1–197.
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