''Thermophis'' is a
genus
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of snakes in the
family
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Colubridae. The genus is
endemic
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to
China.
Species
The genus includes three species:
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* ''
Thermophis baileyi'' (
Wall
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* Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the sup ...
, 1907) - Bailey's snake, hot-spring keelback, Xizang hot-spring keelback
* ''
Thermophis shangrila'' Peng, Lu, Huang, Guo and Zhang, 2014 - Yunnan hot-spring keelback, Shangrila hot-spring keelback
* ''
Thermophis zhaoermii'' Guo, Liu, Feng & He, 2008 - Sichuan hot-spring keelback
References
Further reading
* , 1953: The taxonomic status of the Tibetan colubrid snake ''Natrix baileyi''. ''Copeia'' 1953 (2):92-96.
* , 2007: The ecological specialist, ''Thermophis baileyi'' (Wall, 1907): new records, distribution and biogeographic conclusions. ''Herpetological Bulletin'', 101: 8–12.
* , 2010: Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Tibetan hot spring snake (''Thermophis baileyi''). ''Molecular Ecology Resources'', 10: 1098–1105.
* , 2012: Population genetic structure and geographic differentiation in the hot spring snake ''Thermophis baileyi'' (Serpentes, Colubridae): indications for glacial refuges in southern-central Tibet. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 63: 396–406.
* , 2012: Evidence of Sex-biased Dispersal in ''Thermophis baileyi'' Inferred from Microsatellite Markers. ''Herpetologica'', 68(4): 514–522. .
* ; ; ; ; ; ; 2014: Effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on the phylogeography, demography and population structure of a high-elevation snake species, ''Thermophis baileyi'', on the Tibetan Plateau. ''Journal of Biogeography'', 41: 2162–2172.
Thermophis
Snake genera
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