''Thrasops'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of snakes in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 ev ...

. The genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

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'' 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 ''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 schmidti ''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, ...

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 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.

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