Prosymna (snake)
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Prosymna | |
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Prosymna sundevalli | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Subfamily: | Prosymninae , , & Broadley, 2009 |
Genus: | Prosymna Gray, 1849 |
Prosymna is a genus of snakes of the family Lamprophiidae.[1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Prosymninae.
Geographic range[]
The genus Prosymna is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species[]
- Bocage, 1873
- Boulenger, 1915
- F. Werner, 1903
- (W. Peters, 1867)
- Mocquard, 1906
- Bianconi, 1862
- (W. Peters, 1871)
- (J.T. Reinhardt, 1843)
- Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
- , 1951
- (Boulenger, 1896)
- Broadley, 1995
- Parker, 1930
- (Pfeffer, 1893)
- (A. Smith, 1849)
- V. FitzSimons, 1959
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Prosymna.
References[]
- ^ a b Genus Prosymna at The Reptile Database.
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1894). 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). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Prosymna, pp. 246–247).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Prosymna, p. 83).
- Gray JE (1849). Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, Printer). xv + 125 pp. (Prosymna, new genus, p. 80).
Categories:
- Snake genera
- Lamprophiidae
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray