Thamnosophis is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is endemic to the island of Madagascar. , six species are recognized as being valid.
Species Thamnosophis epistibes Thamnosophis infrasignatus Thamnosophis lateralis – lateral water snake Thamnosophis martae Thamnosophis mavotenda Thamnosophis stumpffi – 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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Thamnosophis martae, p. 169).
References
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).
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