[2][3] The specific name, christyi, is in honor of English physician Cuthbert Christy, who presented the type specimen to the British Museum (Natural History).

[5] Distribution of Polemon christyi include Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and western Kenya.

[3] The preferred natural habitats of P. christyi are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 600–1,700 m (2,000–5,600 ft).

The type specimen, a female, is 43 cm (16+7⁄8 in) in total length, which includes a tail 28 mm (1+1⁄8 in) long.

The frontal is slightly longer than broad, much broader than the supraoculars, as long as its distance from the rostral, much shorter than the parietals.