Prosymna
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Prosymnidae
Genus: Prosymna
Species (18):
P. ambigua –
P. angolensis –
P. bivittata –
P. confusa –
P. frontalis –
P. greigerti –
P. janii –
P. lineata –
P. lisima –
P. meleagris –
P. ornatissima –
P. pitmani –
P. ruspolii –
P. semifasciata –
P. somalica –
P. stuhlmanni –
P. sundevalli –
P. visseri
Name
- Type species: Calamaria meleagris Reinhardt, 1843, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Broadley, D.G. 1980. A revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray (Colubridae). Occasional papers of the National Museums and Monuments. Series B, Natural sciences 6(7): 481–556. Reference page.
- Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & Trape, J.-F. 2011. Note sur la systématique des espèces du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au Nord de l'Equateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(1): 157–173. BHL Reference page.
- Heinicke, M.P., Titus-McQuillan, J.E., Daza, J.D., Kull, E.M., Stanley, E.L. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131(1): 136–153. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa076
Reference page. - Conradie, W., Keates, C., Baptista, N. & Lobón-Rovira, J. 2022. Taxonomical review of Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 (Elapoidea, Prosymnidae) with the description of two new species. Zookeys 1121: 97–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.85693
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Prosymna . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 September 2020.
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