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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusPhilothamnus
Philothamnus punctatus
John Lyakurwa (CC BY 4.0) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Spotted Green Snake

Philothamnus punctatus Peters, 1867

Also calledGrüne Strauchnatter (deu) · Serpente verde africano maculato (ita) · Spættet Busksnog (dan)

First described in: Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. Eine vorläufige Übersicht der aus dem Nachlass des Baron Carl von der Decken Stammenden und auf seiner Ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Philothamnus punctatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453169.