Philothamnus girardi

Philothamnus girardi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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
Synonyms
	Philothamnus girardi; Bocage, 1893; Philothamnus semivariegatus girardi; — Mertens, 1934; Philothamnus girardi; — Hughes, 1985;

Last updated July 31, 2023

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]

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References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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 Série3: 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).