Philodryas Wagler, 1830

Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia & Hamdan, Breno, 2025, Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population., Zoological Studies 64 (20), pp. 141-149 : 8

Philodryas Wagler, 1830 and Pseudablabes

Melo-Sampaio et al. 2020

1. Ventral ground colour uniform green, with scales not edged in black, dorsum uniform green; top of the head brown, midline in dorsum brown; black postocular stripe in live specimens ............. ....................................... Philodryas olfersii ( Figs. 12b , 13b , 24g )

- Ventral ground colour gradually darkens towards cloaca, with scales edged in black; dorsum brownish or greenish with scales frequently edged in black .............................................................. ....................... Pseudablabes patagoniensis ( Figs. 12b , 13b , 24h )

Figures

Fig. 12. Ventral view of the body of preserved specimens of Pseudablabes patagoniensis (a) showing ventral ground colour gradually darkening towards cloaca, and Philodryas olfersii (b) showing ventral ground colour uniform.

Fig. 13. Dorsal view of the body of preserved specimens of Pseudablabes patagoniensis (a) showing scales edged in black, and Philodryas olfersii (b) showing scales not edged in black.

Fig. 24. Representative Dipsadidae Snakes of Rio de Janeiro: a, Oxyrhopus petolarius juvenile from Niterói/RJ; b, Oxyrhopus petolarius adult from Niterói/RJ; c, Oxyrhopus trigeminus from Saubara/BA; d, Oxyrhopus rhombifer from Valença/RJ; e, Oxyrhopus rhombifer from Valença /RJ; f, Paraphimophis rusticus from Brazil; g, Philodryas olfersii from Niterói/RJ; h, Pseudablabes patagoniensis from Maricá/RJ. BA = Bahia, RJ = Rio de Janeiro. Photos by Breno Hamdan (c), Igor Veronese de Luna (a, b, g, h), Ivo Rohling Ghizoni–Jr (f), Rodrigo Pereira (d, e).