''Thamnosophis'' is a
genus
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of
pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. , six
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
were recognized.
Species
* ''
Thamnosophis epistibes''
* ''
Thamnosophis infrasignatus''
* ''
Thamnosophis lateralis
''Thamnosophis lateralis'', commonly known as the lateral water snake, is a species of snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. It is endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Rep ...
'' – lateral water snake
* ''
Thamnosophis martae''
* ''
Thamnosophis mavotenda''
* ''
Thamnosophis stumpffi'' – yellow-striped water snake
''
Nota bene
(, or ; plural form ) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well".
It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature
and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the atten ...
'': A
binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Thamnosophis''.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''martae'', is in honor of Marta Puente Molins, who assisted the taxon authors in their fieldwork.
[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).]
References
Further reading
*
Jan G
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
(1863). ''Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale''. Milan: A. Lombardi. 143 pp. (''Thamnosophis'', new genus, p. 82). (in Italian).
External links
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Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Reptiles of Madagascar
Snake genera
Taxa named by Giorgio Jan
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