Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Thrasops
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Black Tree Snakes
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Schwarze Baumschlangen
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Sorte Træsnoge
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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.
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Thrasops flavigularis
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Yellow-throated Black Tree Snake, Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake
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Gelbkehlige Schwarze Baumnatter'
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Gulstrubet Sort Træsnog
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1852 | |
Dendrophis flavigularis Hallowell |
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Thrasops flavigularis Boulenger 1894 |
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1872 | |
Hapsidophrys niger Günther (Broadley & Wallach 2002) |
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1875 | |
Thrasops pustulatus Buchholz & Peters |
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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.
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Thrasops jacksonii
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Common Black Tree Snake, (Jackson's Bold-eyed Tree Snake, Jackson's Tree Snake, Jackson's Black Tree Snake, Western Common Black Tree Snake)
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Gewöhnliche Schwarze Baumnatter'
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Almindelig Sort Træsnog
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1895 | |
Thrasops jacksonii Günther |
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Rhamnophis jacksonii Boulenger 1896 |
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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.
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Thrasops occidentalis
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Western Black Tree Snake, Western Bold-eyed Tree Snake
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Westliche Schwarze Baumnatter'
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Vestlig Sort Træsnog
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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.
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Thrasops schmidti
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Eastern Black Tree Snake, (Schmidt's Bold-eyed Tree Snake, Eastern Common Black Tree Snake)
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Östliche Schwarze Baumnatter'
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Østlig Sort Træsnog
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1936 | |
Thrasops jacksonii schmidti Loveridge |
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Thrasops schmidti Broadley & Wallach 2002 |
Distribution:
Kenya.
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