Prosymna (snake)

Prosymna
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[]

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).