Thamnosophis
| Thamnosophis | |
|---|---|
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| Thamnosophis lateralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Thamnosophis Jan, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Thamnosophis lateralis | |
| Species | |
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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.
References
Further reading
- Jan G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. 143 pp. (Thamnosophis, new genus, p. 82). (in Italian).
External links
- "Thamnosophis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Genus Thamnosophis at The Reptile Database
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