Philothamnus hughesi, also known commonly as Hughes' green snake or Hughes's green snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to central Africa. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, hughesi, is in honor of British herpetologist Barry Hughes.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Philothamnus hughesi, p. 127).
Geographic range P. hughesi is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. hughesi is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to .
Behavior P. hughesi is arboreal.
Reproduction P. hughesi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Chirio L, Ineich I (2006). "Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic". African Journal of Herpetology 55 (1): 23–59. Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Philothamnus hughesi, p. 491). Trape J-F, Roux-Estève R (1990). "Note sur une collection de serpents du Congo avec description d'une espèce nouvelle ". Journal of African Zoology – Revue de Zoologie Africaine 104: 375–383. (Philothamnus hughesi, new species, pp. 376–378, Figure 1). (in French). Trape J-F, Roux-Estève R (1995). "Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination ". J. African Zool. – Rev. Zool. Africaine 109 (1): 31–50. (in French).