Philothamnus girardi

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
Bocage, 1893[1]

Philothamnus girardi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

P. girardi is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also possibly be found in the Republic of the Congo.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was described and named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.

Etymology

The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Philothamnus girardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-03-06.
  2. ↑ 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

  • Bocage JVB (1893). "Mammiferos, aves e reptis da ilha de Anno-Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 3: 43-46. (Philothamnus girardi, new species, p. 46). (in Portuguese).
  • Bocage JVB (1893). "Diagnoses de deux nouveaux reptiles de l'île de Anno-Bom ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série 3:47-48) (Philothamnus girardi, pp. 47-48). (in French).
  • 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).


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