Thamnosophis Jan 1863

Thamnosophis is a genus of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. As of 2014, six species were recognized.^[1]

Species

• Thamnosophis epistibes (Cadle, 1996)
• Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)
• Thamnosophis lateralis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – lateral water snake
• Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
• Thamnosophis mavotenda Glaw, Nagy, J. Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009
• Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881) – 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.^[2]

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