Thrasops

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}

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| image = Bonn zoological bulletin - Thrasops occidentalis.jpg

| image_caption = Thrasops occidentalis

| taxon = Thrasops

| authority = Hallowell, 1857

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.{{EMBL genus|genus=Thrasops}}.

Species

Nota bene: 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

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Further reading

  • 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. {{ISBN|978-0126564709}}.

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Category:Thrasops

Category:Snake genera

Category:Taxa named by Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)