Thermophis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Heterodontinae
Genus: Thermophis
Species (3): T. baileyi – T. shangrila – T. zhaoermii

Name

Thermophis Malnate, 1953: 92

• Type species: Tropidonotus baileyi Wall, 1907, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Malnate, E.V. 1953. The taxonomic status of the Tibetan colubrid snake Natrix baileyi. Copeia 1953(2): 92–96. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guo, P. & Chen, Y.Y. 2000. The rare and endemic snakes in China — Thermophis baileyi. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 19(2): 79–80.
• Guo, P., Liu, S.-Y., Feng, J.-C. & He, M. 2008. The description of a new species of Thermophis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 27(3): 321. Reference page. 
• Guo, P., Liu, S.Y., Huang, S., He, M., Sun, Z.Y., Feng, J.C. & Zhao, E.M. 2009. Morphological variation in Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an expanded description of T. zhaoermii. Zootaxa 1973: 51–60. Abstract & excerpt. Abstract & excerpt
• He, M., Feng, J.-C., Liu, S.-Y., Guo, P. & Zhao, E.-M. 2009. The phylogenetic position of Thermophis (Serpentes: Colubridae), an endemic snake from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China. Journal of Natural History 43: 479–488.
• Huang, S., Liu, S.-y., Guo, P., Zhang, Y.-p. & Zhao, E.-m. 2009. What are the closest relatives of the hot-spring snakes (Colubridae, Thermophis), the relict species endemic to the Tibetan Plateau? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 438–446.
• Dorge, T., Hofmann, S., Wangdwei, M., Duoje, L., Solhøy, T. & Miehe, G. 2007. The ecological specialist, Thermophis baileyi (Wall, 1907): new records, distribution and biogeographic conclusions. Herpetological Bulletin 101: 8–12.
• Hofmann, S., Dorge, T., Solhøy, T. & Miehe, G. 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: 396–406.
• Hofmann, S., Fritzsche, P., Solhøy, T., Dorge, T. & Miehe, G. 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: 2162–2172.
• Peng, L.-F., Lu, C.-H., Huang, S., Guo, P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2014. A New Species of the Genus Thermophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Shangri-La, Northern Yunnan, China, with a Proposal for an Eclectic Rule for Species Delimitation. Asian Herpetological Research 5(4): 228–239. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00228 Reference page. 
• Hofmann, S., Tillack, F. & Miehe, G. 2015. Genetic differentiation among species of the genus Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes, Colubridae) and comments on T. shangrila. Zootaxa 4028(1): 102–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thermophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2019.