Thamnosophis

Thamnosophis
Thamnosophis lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Thamnosophis Jan, 1863
Type species
Thamnosophis lateralis
Species
Six recognized species, see article.

Thamnosophis is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is endemic to the island of Madagascar.^{[ citation needed ]}As of 2025 ^[update] , six species are recognized as being valid. ^[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]

References

1. Thamnosophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 December 2014.
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).

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).

External links

• "Thamnosophis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Genus Thamnosophis at The Reptile Database