Thrasops Explained

Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.^[1]

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 ῶφ (ops) meaning "eye".^[2]

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. .

Notes and References

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2. Hallowell (1857).