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

P. girardi was originally described and named as a species new to science by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).[4]

Geographic range

P. girardi occurs on the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also occur in the Republic of the Congo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. girardi is forest.[1]

Behavior

P. girardi is fully arboreal.[2]

Reproduction

P. girardi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Philothamnus girardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ 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



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