Philothamnus girardi

Philothamnus girardi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Philothamnus
Species:	P. girardi
Binomial name
Philothamnus girardi Bocage, 1893[2]
Synonyms[2]
Philothamnus girardi Bocage, 1893 Philothamnus semivariegatus girardi — Mertens, 1934 Philothamnus girardi — Hughes, 1985

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. 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. 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

• 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.