Biology:Prosymna (snake)

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Short description: Genus of snakes

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

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]

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 H. 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. 1.0 1.1 Genus Prosymna at The Reptile Database.
  2. Zaher, Hussam; Murphy, Robert W.; Arredondo, Juan Camilo; Graboski, Roberta; Machado-Filho, Paulo Roberto; Mahlow, Kristin; Montingelli, Giovanna G.; Quadros, Ana Bottallo 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216148. PMID 31075128. Bibcode2019PLoSO..1416148Z. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). 1894.  xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus Prosymna, pp. 246–247).
  • Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 2004.  399 pp. ISBN:0-88359-042-5. (Genus Prosymna, p. 83).
  • Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, Printer). 1849.  xv + 125 pp. (Prosymna, new genus, p. 80).

Wikidata ☰ Q1950966 entry