Prosymna (snake)

Prosymna is a genus of elapoid snake.[1] It is the only genus in the family Prosymnidae. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.[2]

Prosymna
Prosymna sundevalli
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Elapoidea
Family: Prosymnidae
Kelly, Barker, Villet & Broadley, 2009
Genus: Prosymna
Gray, 1849

Geographic range

The genus Prosymna is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Species
  • Prosymna ambigua Bocage, 1873
  • Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915
  • Prosymna bivittata F. Werner, 1903
  • Prosymna confusa Conradie, Keates, Baptista, & Lobón-Rovira, 2022 - plain shovel-snout snake
  • Prosymna frontalis (W. Peters, 1867)
  • Prosymna greigerti Mocquard, 1906
  • Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862
  • Prosymna lineata (W. Peters, 1871)
  • Prosymna lisima Conradie, Keates, Baptista, & Lobón-Rovira, 2022 - Kalahari shovel-snout snake
  • Prosymna meleagris (J.T. Reinhardt, 1843)
  • Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Prosymna pitmani Battersby, 1951
  • Prosymna ruspolii (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Prosymna semifasciata Broadley, 1995
  • Prosymna somalica Parker, 1930
  • Prosymna stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
  • Prosymna sundevalli (A. Smith, 1849)
  • Prosymna visseri V. FitzSimons, 1959

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Prosymna.

References
  1. Genus Prosymna at The Reptile Database.
  2. Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, et al. (2019-05-10). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)". PLOS ONE. 14 (5): e0216148. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416148Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMC 6512042. PMID 31075128.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1894). "Genus Prosymna". Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History. Vol. II, Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History. (Taylor and Francis, printers). pp. 246–247.
  • Branch WR (2004). "Genus Prosymna". Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. p. 83. ISBN 0-88359-042-5.
  • Gray JE (1849). "Prosymna, new genus". Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, Printer). p. 80.
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