''Thrasops'' is a
genus
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of snakes in the
family
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Colubridae
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. The genus is
endemic
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to
Africa
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.
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Species
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Thrasops flavigularis'' – yellow-throated bold-eyed tree snake
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Thrasops jacksonii'' – black tree snake, Jackson’s black tree snake
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Thrasops occidentalis'' – black tree snake
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Thrasops schmidti'' – Schmidt’s bold-eyed tree snake
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Thrasops''.
Etymology
The
generic name, ''Thrasops'', is from Greek Θρασος (''Thrasos'') meaning "bold" and ῶφ (''ops'') meaning "eye".
[Hallowell (1857).]
References
Further reading
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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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Thrasops
Snake genera
Taxa named by Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)