See text Atamophis, Callirhinus, Chlorosoma, Dirrhox, Dryophylax, Euophrys, Galeophis, Herpetodryas, Lygophis, Pseudablabes, Teleolepis, Xenodon [2] Philodryas is a genus of colubrid snakes endemic to South America,[2] commonly called green snakes.

Body cylindrical or slightly laterally compressed.

Dorsal scales arranged in 17 to 23 rows at midbody, more or less obliquely.

Maxillary teeth smallest anteriorly, 12–15, followed after a gap by two large grooved fangs located just behind the posterior border of the eye.

[1][3] Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Philodryas.