Thamnosophis

Thamnosophis
Thamnosophis lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:Thamnosophis
Jan, 1863
Type species
Thamnosophis lateralis
Species

Six recognized species, see article.

Thamnosophis is a genus of lamprophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. As of 2014, six species were recognized.[1]

Species

  • Thamnosophis epistibes (Cadle, 1996)
  • Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)
  • Thamnosophis lateralis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - lateral water snake
  • Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
  • Thamnosophis mavotenda Glaw, Nagy, J. Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009
  • Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881) - yellow-striped water snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Thamnosophis.

Etymology

The specific name, martae, is in honor of Marta Puente Molins, who assisted the taxon authors in their fieldwork.[2]

The specific name, stumpffi, is in honor of Anton Stumpff, who collected the holotype.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Thamnosophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnosophis martae, p. 169; T. stumpffi, p. 257).

Further reading

  • Jan G (1863). Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. 143 pp. (Thamnosophis, new genus, p. 82). (in Italian).
  • "Thamnosophis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • Genus Thamnosophis at The Reptile Database


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