Thamnodynastes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains four species.
Geographic range All species in the genus Thamnodynastes are endemic to South America.
Species The following four species are recognized as being valid. Thamnodynastes longicauda Franco, Ferreira, Marques & Sazima, 2003 Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amazon coastal house snake Thamnodynastes sertanejo Bailey, R.A. Thomas & da Silva, 2005 Thamnodynastes silvai Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, R.A. Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Muñoz & Zaher, 2021
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. . (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).