Thamnosophis

Thamnosophis is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is endemic to the island of Madagascar. As of 2025^[update], six species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Thamnosophis
Thamnosophis lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Thamnosophis Jan, 1863
Type species
Thamnosophis lateralis
Species
Six recognized species, see article.

Species

• Thamnosophis epistibes (Cadle, 1996)
• Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)
• Thamnosophis lateralis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – lateral water snake
• Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
• Thamnosophis mavotenda Glaw, Nagy, J. Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009
• Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881) – yellow-striped water snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Thamnosophis.

Etymology

The specific name, martae, is in honor of Marta Puente Molins, who assisted the taxon authors in their fieldwork.^[2]