''Thrasops'' is a

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of snakes in the

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Colubridae. The genus is

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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

Species

*'' Thrasops flavigularis'' *'' Thrasops jacksonii'' *'' Thrasops occidentalis'' *'' Thrasops schmidti''

Etymologies

The generic name, ''Thrasops'', is from Greek Θρασος (''Thrasos'') meaning "bold" and ῶφ (''ops'') meaning "eye".Hallowell (1857). The specific name, ''jacksonii'', is in honor of English ornithologist Frederick John Jackson.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("''Thrasops jacksoni'' ic, p. 132; ''T. schmidti'', p. 236). The specific name, ''schmidti'', is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

References

* 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. . {{Taxonbar, from=Q543607 Colubrids Snake genera

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