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Philothamnus carinatus (ANDERSSON, 1901)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Thirteen-scaled Green Snake 
SynonymChlorophis carinatus ANDERSSON 1901: 9
Philothamnus nigrofasciatus BUCHHOLZ & PETERS 1875: 199
Chlorophis carinatus — STERNFELD 1917
Chlorophis carinatus — SCHMIDT 1923: 74
Chlorophis carinatus — LOVERIDGE 1936
Philothamnus heterodermus carinatus — LOVERIDGE 1951
Philothamnus heterodermus carinatus — LOVERIDGE 1957: 260
Philothamnus heterodermus carinatus — LOVERIDGE 1958: 60
Philothamnus heterodermus carinatus — PITMAN 1974
Philothamnus carinatus — HUGHES 1985
Philothamnus carinatus — BROADLEY 1998
Philothamnus carinatus — PAUWELS et al. 2004
Philothamnus carinatus — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014
Philothamnus carinatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 554
Philothamnus carinatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 487
Philothamnus carinatus — PAUWELS & COLYN 2023 
DistributionGuinea-Bissau east to W Kenya and W Tanzania (Kigoma district); Central African Republic, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Togo, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Mpanja, British Cameroon.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NRM (= NHRM) 1972, a 700 mm female, 1973, a 595 mm male, 1974, an 815 mm female, 1975, a 300 mm male, and 1976, a 580 mm (SVL) female (Knutson and Valdau (4), 1885, and Knöppel (1), 1886).
Holotype: ZMB 8320, TL: Cameron [Philothamnus nigrofasciatus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3372 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: rain forest, fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018)

LOVERIDGE 1958 considered Philothamnus nigrofasciatus as a synonym of P. (semivariegatus) nitidus. Hughes 1977 proposed to use carinatus, which as priority over nigrofasciatus.

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

P. carinatus was split into two species, P. carinatus s.l. and P. chifunderai, by Greenbaum et al. 2023. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “carinatus” = keeled (like a ship). 
References
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