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Thermophis baileyi, also known commonly as Bailey's snake, the hot-spring keelback, the hot-spring snake, [3] and the Xizang hot-spring keelback, is a rare species of colubrid snake endemic to Tibet.
11 paź 2022 · The Tibetan hot-spring snake, Thermophis baileyi, keeps from freezing to death by hanging around the region’s geothermal pools, feasting on frogs and small fish living there. Now, advances in genome sequencing are giving Li and others a more detailed look at how the snake has adapted to its extreme environment.
11 paź 2019 · Endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, the hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi) is a relict species that depends on the heat in geothermal zones to survive (1 – 4).
13 wrz 2022 · As a relict species endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, hot-spring snake (Thermophis baileyi) survived the dramatic changes in climate that occurred during plateau uplift and ice ages, providing an excellent opportunity to explore the evolution of temperature sensation in ectotherms.
Thermophis baileyi, also known commonly as Bailey's snake, the hot-spring keelback, the hot-spring snake, and the Xizang hot-spring keelback, is a rare species of colubrid snake endemic to Tibet.
Plate 39H in ZHAO & ADLER 1993. Type species: Tropidonotus baileyi WALL 1907 is the type species of the genus Thermophis MALNATE 1953. Distribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). named after Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Markham Bailey (1882-1967), a British army officer, spy, explorer, and butterfly collector.
Hot-spring snakes are endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, known as ‘‘the roof of the world” and “the world's third pole”. Their precise systematic position is still a question.
