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Girard's Green Snake
Philothamnus girardi
Philothamnus girardi is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea and is listed endangered. It is unknown that the species are founded in the Republic of the Congo The species were described by Albert Arthur Alexander Girard (1860-1914) and was named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1886 when he visited the archipelago describing wildlife. It was named after Albert Arthur Alexander...
From the article Philothamnus girardi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
P. girardi occurs on the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species may also occur in the Republic of the Congo.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, girardi, is in honor of French-Portuguese zoologist Alberto Arthur Alexandre Girard (1860-1914).
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
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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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29090.