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Philodryas chamissonis (WIEGMANN, 1835)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chilean Green Racer, Chilean Long-tailed Snake
S: culebra de cola larga 
SynonymCoronella Chamissonis WIEGMANN 1835: 246
Psammophis temminckii SCHLEGEL 1837: 218
Taeniophis tantillus GIRARD 1854: 227
Dromicus Temminckii — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 663
Dromicus chamissonis — STEINDACHNER 1867: 65
Dromicus chamissonis — BOULENGER 1894: 119
Liophis luctuosa PHILIPPI 1899: 723
Dromicus chamissonis — DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 415
? Philodryas chamissonis eremicola DONOSO-BARROS 1975: 218
Philodryas chamissona — TIPTON 2005 (in error)
Philodryas chamissonis — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Philodryas chamissonis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 550
Philodryas chamissonis — MELO-SAMPAIO et al. 2020 
DistributionChile

Type locality: Tollo, Chile  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB, a 762 mm specimen (F.J.F. Meyen, 1830-1832), missing fide R. Günther in litt.
Holotype: USNM 5515; Syntype: ANSP 5578; Chili, neighborhood of Santiago [Taeniophis tantillus] 
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CommentHabitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after naturalist and poet Adelbert von Chamisso. 
References
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