Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa..
Species Thrasops flavigularis – yellow-throated bold-eyed tree snake Thrasops jacksonii – black tree snake, Jackson’s black tree snake Thrasops occidentalis – black tree snake Thrasops schmidti – 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 The generic name, Thrasops, is from Greek Θρασος (Thrasos) meaning "bold" and ὤψ (ops) meaning "eye".Hallowell (1857).
References
Further reading 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. .