Philothamnus girardi
Philothamnus girardi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1] The species was described and named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.[2] The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).[3]
| Philothamnus girardi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Philothamnus |
| Species: | P. girardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Philothamnus girardi | |
Geographic range
P. girardi occurs on the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also occur in the Republic of the Congo.[1]
References
- 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, Lisbõa, sér. 2, vol. 3, p. 47-48
- 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
- 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), p. 102).
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