| Thrasops | |
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| Thrasops occidentalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Thrasops Hallowell, 1857 |
Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]
Species
[edit]- Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell, 1852) – yellow-throated bold-eyed tree snake
- Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895 – black tree snake, Jackson’s black tree snake
- Thrasops occidentalis Parker, 1940 – black tree snake
- Thrasops schmidti Loveridge, 1936 – Schmidt’s bold-eyed tree snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Thrasops.
Etymology
[edit]The generic name, Thrasops, is from Greek Θρασος (Thrasos) meaning "bold" and ῶφ (ops) meaning "eye".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Genus Thrasops at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Hallowell (1857).
Further reading
[edit]- Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". Proc. Acad Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9: 48-72. (Thrasops, new genus, p. 67).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Drewes, Robert; Ashe, James (2001). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Princeton Field Guide Series. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 544 pp. ISBN 978-0126564709.
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