Thrasops jacksonii

Thrasops jacksonii, also known commonly as the black tree snake  and Jackson's black tree snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Geographic range
T. jacksonii is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of T. jacksonii are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 549 –.

Description
T. jacksonii may attain a total length (including tail) of about 2.0 m.

Behavior
T. jacksonii is diurnal and arboreal, and has been found as high as 30 m in the canopy.

Diet
A generalist, T. jacksonii preys upon frogs, arboreal lizards, birds and their eggs, and mammals.

Reproduction
T. jacksonii is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–12 eggs.

Etymology
The specific name, jacksonii, is in honor of English ornithologist Frederick John Jackson.