Thamnosophis is a genus of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. As of 2014[update], six species were recognized.[1]
| Thamnosophis | |
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| Thamnosophis lateralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Thamnosophis Jan, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Thamnosophis lateralis | |
| Species | |
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Six recognized species, see article. | |
Species
edit- 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
editThe specific name, martae, is in honor of Marta Puente Molins, who assisted the taxon authors in their fieldwork.[2]
References
edit- ^ Thamnosophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 December 2014.
- ^ 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
edit- 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).
External links
edit- "Thamnosophis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Genus Thamnosophis at The Reptile Database
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