Thamnosophis Explained

Thamnosophis is a genus of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar., six species were recognized.

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.^[1]

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).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Thamnosophis martae, p. 169; T. stumpffi, p. 257).