Thamnosophis stumpffi
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Thamnosophis stumpffi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
The specific name, stumpffi, is in honor of Anton Stumpff who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
T. stumpffi is found in northwestern Madagascar, including the island Nosy Be.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. stumpffi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c Raxworthy CJ, Vences M, Labanowski R (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
- 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.Error: "Q3519545" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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