NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Laurent’s green tree-snake
Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Korup NP, CAMEROON
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Open encyclopedia reference
Dipsadoboa viridis, Laurent's green tree snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Cameroon through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic, Togo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Rwanda.
Wikipedia contributors, Dipsadoboa viridis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:39:09.625488+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)
- Name authority
- (Peters, 1869)
- Common name
- Laurent’s green tree-snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Dipsadoboa
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusDipsadoboa
- speciesDipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dipsadoboa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-barred SnakeDipsadoboa aulica (Günther, 1864) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shreve's (Nocturnal) Tree SnakeDipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge, 1932) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's Green Tree SnakeDipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-tailed tree snakeDipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm, 1905) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Werner's Green Tree SnakeDipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Forest Tree SnakeDipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie & Tolley, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld, 1908) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & Stevens, 1971) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Crotaphopeltis elongata Barbour, 1914 Barbour, 1914 | synonym |
| Dipsadoboa assimilis Matschie, 1893 Matschie, 1893 | synonym |
| Anoplodipsas viridis Peters, 1869 Peters, 1869 | synonym |
| Dipsadoboa elongata gracilis Laurent, 1956 Laurent, 1956 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Dipsadoboa&species=viridis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36Q9M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.