Thamnosophis stumpffi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Thamnosophis
Species:
T. stumpffi
Binomial name
Thamnosophis stumpffi
(Boettger, 1881)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dromicus stumpffi
    Boettger, 1881
  • Tropidonotus stumpffi
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Liophidium gracile
    Mocquard, 1908
  • Natrix stumpffi
    — Barbour, 1918
  • Liopholidophis stumpffi
    — Glaw & Vences, 1994
  • Bibilava stumpffi
    — Glaw et al., 2007
  • Thamnosophis stumpffi
    — Cadle & Ineich, 2008

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

T. stumpffi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Thamnosophis stumpffi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 December 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.



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