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    Species Accepted

    Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863)

    Green Water Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Philothamnus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Grasgrüne Buschschlange German
      Green Water Snake English
      Groenwaterslang Afrikaans
      Serpente verde africano sudorientale Italian
      Southeastern Green snake English
      Sydøstlig Busksnog Danish
      Südöstliche Grünbuschschlange German
      kgogedi Tswana
      Водяной зелёный уж Russian

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      66 results
      Pienaar, & Uys de Villiers. (1978). The Reptile Fauna of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, I-Vii, 222 S.
      Jesus, J.; Nagy, Z.; Branch, W.; Wink, M.; Brehm, A. & Harris, D. J. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of African green snakes (genera Philothamnus and Hapsidophrys) from São Tomé, Príncipe and Annobon islands based on mtDNA sequences and comments on their colonization and taxonomy. The Herpetological Journal 19: 41-48.
      Haagner, G. V. (1986). Life History Note: Philothamnus hoplogaster brevirostris: Reproduction, Abnormalities and male Combat. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (32): 36-36.
      Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O. & Marais, J. (2005). Herpetological survey of the Niassa Game Reserve, northern Mozambique - Part I: Reptiles. Salamandra 41 (4): 195-214.
      MARAIS, J., & MIDLANE, N. (2010). Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863) Male combat. African Herp News (52): 13-15.
      Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. (2003). Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 Pp. [Review in Sauria 26 (3): 21].
      Wilkey, Rupert, & Sarah Nann. (2025). Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini. Pelagic, 208 Pp., DOI: 10.53061/FWDV3720.
      Loveridge, & Arthur. (1929). East African reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. Bull. US Natl. Mus. (151): 1-135.
      CONRADIE, WERNER; NINDA L. BAPTISTA, LUKE VERBURGT, CHAD KEATES, JAMES HARVEY, TIMOTEO JULIO & GOTZ NEEF. (2021). Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 1: Serpentes (snakes). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2): 244–278.
      Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, & Kate Jackson. (2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 Pp. [Detaileld Review in HR 51 (1): 161].

      Citation

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