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Philothamnus hoplogaster (GÜNTHER, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southeastern Green snake, Green Water Snake 
SynonymAhaetulla hoplogaster GÜNTHER 1863: 284
Philothamnus neglectus — PETERS 1866: 890
Chlorophis neglectus PETERS 1867: 890
Chlorophis oldhami THEOBALD 1868: 49
Cyclophis oldhami – THEOBALD 1876: 159
Philothamnus hoplogaster – BOCAGE 1882
Philothamnus neglectus — PFEFFER 1893: 84
Clorophis neglectus BOULENGER 1894: 94 (part.)
Chlorophis hoplogaster – BOULENGER 1894: 93
Chlorophis neglectus — WERNER 1896: 193
Clorophis neglectus — CALABRESI 1925: 106
Chlorophis neglectus — LOVERIDGE 1936: 30
Chlorophis neglectus — PARKER 1937
Chlorophis hoplogaster — BOGERT 1942
Philothamnus hoplogaster — LOVERIDGE 1958: 70
Philothamnus hoplogaster — HUGHES 1985: 517
Philothamnus hoplogaster — BOYCOTT 1992
Philothamnus hoplogaster — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 30
Philothamnus hoplogaster — HAAGNER et al. 2000
Philothamnus hoplogaster — BROADLEY et al. 2003: 191
Philothamnus hoplogaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 556
Philothamnus hoplogaster — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 489 
DistributionZimbabwe, S Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, E/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Republic of South Africa (Transvaal, Natal, Cape, Swaziland), Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

Type locality: “Port Natal” = Durban, South Africa.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.6.1, BMNH 1946.1.6.6, and BMNH 1946.1.6.14, longest syntype 650–660 mm (T. Ayers). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy (partly) after A. Schmitz (pers. comm.) and LOVERIDGE 1958. Specimens from the Central African Republic have been assigned to P. hughesi.

Terra typica: Port Natal (Durban), Südafrika.

Similar species: may be confused with young green mambas (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
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