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Patagonia Green Racer
Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Philodryas patagoniensis, also known as the Patagonia green racer, is a species of rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to cis-Andean South America from northern Argentina to northeastern Brazil; despite its name, most of its range is outside Patagonia.
Wikipedia contributors, Philodryas patagoniensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:33:37.562823+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858)
- Name authority
- (Girard, 1858)
- Common name
- Patagonia Green Racer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Philodryas
- 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
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusPhilodryas
- speciesPhilodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Philodryas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Arnaldo's Green RacerPhilodryas arnaldoi (Amaral, 1932) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baron's Green RacerPhilodryas baroni Berg, 1895 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilean Green RacerPhilodryas chamissonis (Wiegmann, 1835) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Miranda Green RacerPhilodryas mattogrossensis Koslowsky, 1898 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Philodryas trilineata (Burmeister, 1861) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jan's Green RacerPhilodryas varia (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Miranda Green RacerPhilodryas erlandi Lönnberg, 1902 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American dotted racerPhilodryas pseudomamba Di Pietro, Sánchez, Poljak & Alcalde, 2026 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian Green RacerPhilodryas aestiva (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burrowing Night SnakePhilodryas agassizii (Jan, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bolivian RacerPhilodryas boliviana Boulenger, 1896 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Philodryas cordata Donnelly & Myers, 1991 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Liophis poecilostictus Jan, 1863 Jan, 1863 | synonym |
| Callirhinus patagoniensis Girard, 1858 Girard, 1858 | synonym |
| Europhrys modestus Günther, 1858 Günther, 1858 | synonym |
| Chlorosoma schotti Serié, 1921 Serié, 1921 | 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=Philodryas&species=patagoniensis 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:4G8Y9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.