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Philothamnus thomensis

Pthilothamnus thomensis is a species of snakes of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1882 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.

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Philothamnus thomensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Philothamnus
Species:
P. thomensis
Binomial name
Philothamnus thomensis
Bocage, 1882

Pthilothamnus thomensis (São Tomé wood snake) is a species of snakes of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.2 The species was described in 1882 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.

References

References

  1. Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Philothamnus thomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T43130846A43130856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T43130846A43130856.en. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. Philothamnus thomensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-17.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Bocage, J.V.B. de 1882: Notice sur les espèces du genre "Philothamnus" qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne. Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 9 (33): p. 11
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, p. 101
  • Günther, A. 1895: Notice of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the eastern half of tropical Africa. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 528