Brown bush snake
Philothamnus brunneus Trape, Hughes & Mediannikov, 2021
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The brown bush snake (Philothamnus brunneus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Guinea.
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Quick facts about the brown bush snake
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- up to 67 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the brown bush snake live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The brown bush snake is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the brown bush snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brown bush snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusPhilothamnus
- SpeciesPhilothamnus brunneus Trape, Hughes & Mediannikov, 2021
Relatives of the brown bush snake
Other species in the same genus Philothamnus.
Spotted bush snake
Philothamnus semivariegatus
Battersby's green snake
Philothamnus battersbyi
Natal green snake
Philothamnus natalensis
Sao Tome wood snake
Philothamnus thomensis
Angola green snake
Philothamnus angolensis
Spotted green snake
Philothamnus punctatus
CompareBrown bush snake vs Spotted bush snakeBrown bush snake vs Battersby's green snakeBrown bush snake vs Natal green snakeBrown bush snake vs Sao Tome wood snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the brown bush snake live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown bush snake for 1 country: Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the brown bush snake?
The brown bush snake (Philothamnus brunneus) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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