Thamnodynastes

Thamnodynastes
Thamnodynastes hypoconia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Dipsadidae
Subfamily:	Xenodontinae
Genus:	Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830

Thamnodynastes is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

All species in the genus Thamnodynastes are endemic to South America.^[1]

Species

The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2003
• Thamnodynastes ceibae Bailey & Thomas, 2007
• Thamnodynastes chaquensis Bergna & Álvarez, 1993
• Thamnodynastes chimanta Roze, 1958
• Thamnodynastes corocoroensis Gorzula & Ayarzagüena, 1996
• Thamnodynastes dixoni Bailey & Thomas, 2007
• Thamnodynastes duida Myers & Donnelly, 1996
• Thamnodynastes gambotensis Pérez-Santos & Moreno, 1989
• Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Cope, 1860)
• Thamnodynastes lanei Bailey, Thomas & da Silva, 2005
• Thamnodynastes longicaudus Franco, Ferreira, Marques & Sazima, 2003
• Thamnodynastes marahuaquensis Gorzula & Ayarzagüena, 1996
• Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Thamnodynastes paraguanae Bailey & Thomas, 2007
• Thamnodynastes ramonriveroi Manzanilla & Sánchez, 2005
• Thamnodynastes rutilus (Prado, 1942)
• Thamnodynastes sertanejo Bailey, Thomas & Da Silva, 2005
• Thamnodynastes strigatus (Günther, 1858)
• Thamnodynastes yavi Myers & Donnelly, 1996

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

References

Further reading

• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Thamnodynastes, p. 112).
• Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Thamnodynastes, new genus, p. 182). (in German and Latin).