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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Thrasops
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Thrasops

Black Tree Snakes

Schwarze Baumschlangen

Sorte Træsnoge

1857 Thrasops Hallowell (type species: Dendrophis flavigularis Hallowell 1852)
Contents: 4 species, of which 1 (25.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Equatorial Africa.
Reported from: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (incl. Bijagos Archipelago), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

Thrasops flavigularis

Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake, Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake

Gelbkehlige Schwarze Baumnatter'

Gulstrubet Sort Træsnog

1852 Dendrophis flavigularis Hallowell
Thrasops flavigularis Boulenger 1894
1872 Hapsidophrys niger Günther (Broadley & Wallach 2002)
1875 Thrasops pustulatus Buchholz & Peters
1979 Thrasops flavigularis stirnensis Stucki-Stirn (Broadley & Wallach 2002)

Remarks: Reports from Liberia (e.g., Taylor & Weyer 1958; Dodd 2014) are considered doubtful, considering the far distance to other records of this species.
Distribution: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Nigeria.


Thrasops jacksonii

Common Black Tree Snake, (Jackson's Bold-eyed Tree Snake, Jackson's Tree Snake, Jackson's Black Tree Snake, Western Common Black Tree Snake)

Gewöhnliche Schwarze Baumnatter'

Almindelig Sort Træsnog

1895 Thrasops jacksonii Günther
Rhamnophis jacksonii Boulenger 1896
1905 Thrasops rothschildi Mocquard (Broadley & Wallach 2002)

Remarks: Previously included schmidti. Reports from Sierra Leone (e.g., Menzies 1966) are considered erroneous (Trape & Baldé 2014).
Distribution: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.


Thrasops occidentalis

Western Black Tree Snake, Western Bold-eyed Tree Snake

Westliche Schwarze Baumnatter'

Vestlig Sort Træsnog

1940 Thrasops occidentalis Parker

Remarks: Records from Cameroon (e.g., Lawson 1993; Chippaux & Jackson 2019) are considered erroneous (Chirio & LeBreton 2007).
Distribution: Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (incl. Bijagos Archipelago), Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.


Thrasops schmidti

Eastern Black Tree Snake, (Schmidt's Bold-eyed Tree Snake, Eastern Common Black Tree Snake)

Östliche Schwarze Baumnatter'

Østlig Sort Træsnog

1936 Thrasops jacksonii schmidti Loveridge
Thrasops schmidti Broadley & Wallach 2002

Distribution: Kenya.