Thamnosophis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Lamprophiidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae Rank Genus

Similar Thamnosophis lateralis, Liopholidophis, Compsophis, Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea

Thamnosophis is a genus of lamprophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. As of 2014, six species were recognized.

Species

Thamnosophis epistibes (Cadle, 1996)

Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)

Thamnosophis lateralis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - lateral water snake

Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)

Thamnosophis mavotenda Glaw, Nagy, J. Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009

Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881) - yellow-striped water snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Thamnosophis.

The specific name, martae, is in honor of Marta Puente Molins, who assisted the taxon authors in their fieldwork.

The specific name, stumpffi, is in honor of Anton Stumpff, who collected the holotype.

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