Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species was collected from dry deciduous forest
on a karst outcrop
(Glaw et al.
2005), and
in transitional forest between humid and dry forest. It is present
in degraded forest habitats.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Family:
Lamprophiidae
()
- Genus:
Thamnosophis
()
- Specific name:
martae
- (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
- Scientific name: - Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
- Specific name:
martae
- (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
- Genus:
Thamnosophis
(
- Family:
Lamprophiidae
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Liopholidophis martae
Notes
Along with other members of the Liopholidophis stumpffi group, this species was briefly included within the new genus Bibilava (Glaw et al. 2007, Glaw and Vences 2007). Cadle and Ineich (2008) later resurrected Thamnosophis for this species group. [1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Thamnosophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. lateralis (Lateral Water Snake) · T. stumpffi (Yellow-Striped Water Snake)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Bora, P., Randrianantoandro, J.C., Randrianavelona, R., Hantalalaina, E.F., Andriantsimanarilafy, R.R., Rakotondravony, D., Ramilijaona, O.R., Vences, M., Jenkins, R.K.B., Glaw, F. and Köhler, J. 2010. The herpetofauna of the Tsingy de Bemaraha plateau, western Madagasar: checklist, biogeography and conservation. Herpelogical Conservation and Biology 5: 111-125.
- Cadle, J.E. and 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 Dumeril, Bibron, and Dumeril (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetological Review 39(3): 285-288.
- D'Cruze, N., Köhler, J., Franzen, M. and Glaw, F. 2008. A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Foret d'Ambre Special Reserve, Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation and Development 3(1): 44-54.
- Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Cologne.
- Glaw, F., Franzen, M. and Vences, M. 2005. A new species of colubrid snake (Liopholidophis) from northern Madagascar. Salamandra 41: 83-90.
- Glaw, F., Nagy, Z.T., Franzen, M. and Vences, M. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophuis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa. Zoologica Scripta 36: 291-300.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
- Megson, S., Mitchell, P., Köhler, J., Marsh, C., Franzen, M., Glaw, F. and D'Cruze, N.C. 2009. A comprehensive survey of amphibians and reptiles in the extreme north of Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 2: 31-44.
Notes
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Contributors
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Vences, M. & Rakotondravony, H. 2011. Thamnosophis martae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 246026
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4756426
Footnotes
- Vences, M. & Rakotondravony, H. 2011. Thamnosophis martae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
