Thamnosophis stumpffi

Thamnosophis stumpffi, commonly known as the yellow-striped water snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae of the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Thamnosophis stumpffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
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

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. 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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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