Thrasops jacksonii
| Thrasops jacksonii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Thrasops |
| Species: | T. jacksonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Thrasops jacksonii, known commonly as the black tree snake or Jackson's black tree snake, is a species of primarily arboreal and diurnal snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to Central Africa, and has been discovered to possess a hemorrhagic venom, which it delivers to prey through moderately-sized fangs.
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]T. jacksonii is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitats of T. jacksonii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 549–2,400 m (1,801–7,874 ft).[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]T. jacksonii may attain a total length (including tail) of about 2.0 m (6.6 ft).[3]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]T. jacksonii is diurnal and arboreal, and has been found as high as 30 m (98 ft) in the canopy.[1]
Diet
[edit | edit source]A generalist, T. jacksonii preys upon frogs, arboreal lizards, birds and their eggs, and mammals.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]T. jacksonii is oviparous.[1][2] Clutch size is 7–12 eggs.[1]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, jacksonii, is in honor of English ornithologist Frederick John Jackson.[4]
References
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- ^ Schmidt KP (1923). "Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part II. Snakes, with Field Notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 49 (1): 1–146. (Thrasops jacksonii, pp. 85–87).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. ("Thrasops jacksoni [sic]", p. 132).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Günther A (1895). "Notice of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the Eastern Half of Tropical Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 15: 523–529 + Plate XXI. (Thrasops Jacksonii, new species, pp. 528–529).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Thrasops jacksonii, p. 500).
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