''Thrasops'' is a
genus of snakes in the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The genus is
endemic to
Africa.
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Species
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Thrasops flavigularis''
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Thrasops jacksonii
''Thrasops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa..
Species
*'' Thrasops flavigularis''
*'' Thrasops jacksonii''
*'' Thrasops occidentalis''
*'' Thrasops schmidti''
Etymologies
The generic name, ...
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*''
Thrasops occidentalis''
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Thrasops schmidti''
Etymologies
The
generic name, ''Thrasops'', is from Greek Θρασος (''Thrasos'') meaning "bold" and ῶφ (''ops'') meaning "eye".
[Hallowell (1857).]
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 ...
, ''jacksonii'', is in honor of English ornithologist
Frederick John Jackson
Sir Frederick John Jackson, (17 February 1860 – 3 February 1929) was an English administrator, explorer and ornithologist.
Early years
Jackson was born at Oran Hall, near Catterick, North Yorkshire in 1860. He attended Shrewsbury School ...
.
[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
Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was an American herpetologist.
Family
Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. George W. Schmidt was a German professor, who, at the time of Karl ...
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References
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. .
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Colubrids
Snake genera