Thrasops
Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]
| Thrasops | |
|---|---|
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| Thrasops occidentalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Thrasops Hallowell, 1857 |
Species
- Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell, 1852)
- Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895
- Thrasops occidentalis Parker, 1940
- Thrasops schmidti Loveridge, 1936
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Thrasops.
Etymologies
The generic name, Thrasops, is from Greek Θρασος (Thrasos) meaning "bold" and ῶφ (ops) meaning "eye".[2]
The specific name, jacksonii, is in honor of English ornithologist Frederick John Jackson.[3]
The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[3]
References
- Genus Thrasops at The Reptile Database.
- Hallowell (1857).
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Thrasops jacksoni [sic]", p. 132; T. schmidti, p. 236).
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. ISBN 978-0126564709.
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