Pthilothamnus thomensis (São Tomé wood snake) is a species of snakes of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.[2] The species was described in 1882 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Philothamnus |
| Species: | P. thomensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Philothamnus thomensis Bocage, 1882
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References
edit- ^ Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Philothamnus thomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43130846A43130856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T43130846A43130856.en. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Philothamnus thomensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-17.
Further reading
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Wikispecies has information related to Philothamnus thomensis.
- Bocage, J.V.B. de 1882: Notice sur les espèces du genre "Philothamnus" qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne. Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 9 (33): p. 11
- Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, p. 101
- Günther, A. 1895: Notice of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the eastern half of tropical Africa. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 528
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