Thamnosophis stumpffi
Appearance
Thamnosophis stumpffi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
Genus: | Thamnosophis |
Species: | T. stumpffi
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Binomial name | |
Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Thamnosophis stumpffi, commonly known as the yellow-striped water snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae of the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, stumpffi, is in honor of Anton Stumpff who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]T. stumpffi is found in northwestern Madagascar, including the island Nosy Be.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. stumpffi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Raxworthy CJ, Vences M, Labanowski R [in French] (2011). "Thamnosophis stumpffi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T176841A7315301.en.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Thamnosophis stumpffi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 December 2018.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnosophis stumpffi, p. 257).
Further reading
[edit]- Boettger O (1881). "Diagnoses reptilium et batrachiorum novorum ab ill. Antonio Stumpff in insula Nossi-Bé Madagascariensi lectorum ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 1881: 358–362. (Dromicus stumpffi, new species, p. 358). (in Latin).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus stumpffi, pp. 247–248).
- Cadle JE, Ineich I (2008). "Nomenclatural status of the Malagasy snake genus Bibilava Glaw, Nagy, Franzen, and Vences, 2007: Resurrection of Thamnosophis Jan and designation of a lectotype for Leptophis lateralis Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetological Review 39 (3): 285–288. (Thamnosophis stumpffi, new combination).
- Glaw F, Nagy ZT, Franzen M, Vences M (2007). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa". Zoologica Scripta 36: 291–300. (Bibilava stumpffi, new combination).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.