Thermophis
| Thermophis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Thermophis Malnate, 1953 |
| Synonyms | |
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Natrix | |
Thermophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to China.
Species
The genus includes three species:[1]
- Thermophis baileyi (Wall, 1907) - Bailey's snake, hot-spring keelback, Xizang hot-spring keelback
- Thermophis shangrila Peng, Lu, Huang, Guo and Zhang, 2014 - Yunnan hot-spring keelback, Shangrila hot-spring keelback
- Thermophis zhaoermii Guo, Liu, Feng & He, 2008 - Sichuan hot-spring keelback
References
Further reading
- Malnate, E.V. (1953). "The taxonomic status of the Tibetan colubrid snake Natrix baileyi". Copeia. 1953 (2): 92–96. doi:10.2307/1440132. JSTOR 1440132.
- Dorge, T.; S. Hofmann; M. Wangdwei; L. Duoje; T. Solhøy; G. Miehe (2007). "The ecological specialist, Thermophis baileyi (Wall, 1907): new records, distribution and biogeographic conclusions". Herpetological Bulletin. 101: 8–12.
- Hofmann, S.; T. Dorge; T. Solhøy; G. Miehe (2010). "Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Tibetan hot spring snake (Thermophis baileyi)". Molecular Ecology Resources. 10: 1098–1105.
- Hofmann, S. (2012). "Population genetic structure and geographic differentiation in the hot spring snake Thermophis baileyi (Serpentes, Colubridae): indications for glacial refuges in southern-central Tibet". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63 (2): 396–406. Bibcode:2012MolPE..63..396H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.014. PMID 22306823.
- Hofmann, S.; P. Fritzsche; T. Solhøy; T. Dorge; G. Miehe (2012). "Evidence of Sex-biased Dispersal in Thermophis baileyi Inferred from Microsatellite Markers". Herpetologica. 68 (4): 514–522. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00017.
- Hofmann, S.; Kraus, S.; Dorge, T.; Nothnagel, M.; Fritzsche, P.; Miehe, G. (2014). "Effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on the phylogeography, demography and population structure of a high-elevation snake species, Thermophis baileyi, on the Tibetan Plateau". Journal of Biogeography. 41 (11): 2162–2172. Bibcode:2014JBiog..41.2162H. doi:10.1111/jbi.12358.
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