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title: "Eastern Green Snake"
description: "Philothamnus natalensis — Reptiles. Philothamnus natalensis, commonly known as the Natal green snake or eastern Natal green snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-green-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Green Snake

> Philothamnus natalensis — Reptiles. Philothamnus natalensis, commonly known as the Natal green snake or eastern Natal green snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Philothamnus natalensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 519
- Wikidata: [Q3381263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381263)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29080](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29080)

## Names

- en: Eastern Green Snake
- de: Grüne Sumpfschlange

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (433), MZ (41), SZ (10)

## Summary

Philothamnus natalensis, commonly known as the Natal green snake or eastern Natal green snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. The species is found in South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Philothamnus occidentalis was previously considered a subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philothamnus_natalensis

## Photo

![Eastern Green Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-green-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59864002

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-green-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).