NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Colubrinae
  Family - Colubridae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Philothamnus angolensis
      Species - Philothamnus battersbyi
      Species - Philothamnus bequaerti
      Species - Philothamnus carinatus
      Species - Philothamnus dorsalis
      Species - Philothamnus girardi
      Species - Philothamnus heterodermus
      Species - Philothamnus heterolepidotus
      Species - Philothamnus hoplogaster
      Species - Philothamnus hughesi
      Species - Philothamnus irregularis
      Species - Philothamnus macrops
      Species - Philothamnus natalensis
      Species - Philothamnus nitidus
      Species - Philothamnus ornatus
      Species - Philothamnus punctatus
      Species - Philothamnus semivariegatus
      Species - Philothamnus thomensis
      Species - Philothamnus ruandae
      Species - Philothamnus pobeguini