Philothamnus Species
The following 24 species are recognised as being valid.
Philothamnus angolensis Bocage , 1882Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge , 1951Philothamnus belli (Günther , 1866) Philothamnus bequaerti (Schmidt , 1923) – Bequaert's green snakePhilothamnus brunneus J. Trape , Hughes & Mediannikov , 2021Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson , 1901) – thirteen-scaled green snakePhilothamnus dorsalis (Bocage, 1866) – striped green snake, striped wood snakePhilothamnus girardi Bocage, 1893 – Girard's green snake, Annobon wood snakePhilothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell , 1857) – emerald green snake, variable green snakePhilothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther , 1863) – slender green snakePhilothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863) – southeastern green snake, green water snakePhilothamnus hughesi J. Trape & Roux-Estève , 1990 – Hughes's green snakePhilothamnus irregularis (Leach , 1819) – northern green bush snake, irregular green snakePhilothamnus macrops (Boulenger , 1895) – large-eyed green snake, Usambara green snakePhilothamnus mayombensis J. Trape, Collet , Hughes & Mediannikov, 2021 – Mayombe bush snakePhilothamnus natalensis (A. Smith , 1848) – Natal green snake, eastern Natal green snakePhilothamnus nitidus (Günther, 1863) – green bush snake, Cameroons wood snakePhilothamnus occidentalis (Broadley , 1966) – western Natal green snake, South African green snakePhilothamnus ornatus Bocage, 1872 – ornate green snakePhilothamnus pobeguini (Chabanaud , 1916) Philothamnus punctatus W. Peters , 1867Philothamnus ruandae Loveridge, 1951 – Ruanda emerald green snake, Rwanda forest green snakePhilothamnus semivariegatus (A. Smith, 1840) – spotted bush snakePhilothamnus thomensis Bocage, 1882 – São Tomé wood snakePhilothamnus chifunderai Greenbaum , Pauwels , Gvoždík , Vaughan , Chaney , Buontempo , Aristote , Muninga & Engelbrecht , 2023Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Philothamnus .
Further reading
Smith A (1847). Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa:" Together with a Summary of African Zoology, and an Inquiry into the Geographical Ranges of Species in that Quarter of the Globe. [Volume III. Reptilia. Part 26] London: Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. (Smith, Elder and Co., printers). 78 Plates + unnumbered pages of text. (Philothamnus , new genus, text accompanying Plate 59).
