Thrasops

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Thrasops

Genus of snakes


Thrasops is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]

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Etymology

The generic name, Thrasops, is from Greek Θρασος (Thrasos) meaning "bold" and ῶφ (ops) meaning "eye".[2]


References

  1. Hallowell (1857).

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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