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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Taxobox
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| image = Prosymna sundevalli.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Prosymna sundevalli''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| parent_authority = [[species:Christopher M.R. Kelly|Kelly]], [[species:Nigel P. Barker|Barker]], [[species:Martin Herrer Villet|Villet]] & [[Donald George Broadley|Broadley]], 2009
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| display_parents = 2
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| taxon = Prosymna
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| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1849
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Lamprophiidae]]
| subfamilia = '''Prosymninae'''
| subfamilia_authority = Kelly, Barker, Villet & Broadley, 2009
| genus = '''Prosymna'''
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| genus_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1849
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''Prosymna''' is a [[genus]] of snakes of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamprophiidae]].<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Prosymna}}.</ref> It is the only genus in the subfamily '''Prosymninae'''.
'''''Prosymna''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Elapoidea|elapoid]] snake.<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Prosymna}}.</ref> It is the only genus in the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Prosymnidae'''. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the [[Lamprophiidae]], but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Zaher, Hussam |author-link=species:Hussam Zaher |author2=Murphy, Robert W. |author2-link=species:Robert Ward Murphy |author3=Arredondo, Juan Camilo |author3-link=species:Juan Camilo Arredondo |author4=Graboski, Roberta |author4-link=species:Roberta Graboski |author5=Machado-Filho, Paulo Roberto |author5-link=species:Paulo Roberto Machado-Filho |author6=Mahlow, Kristin |author6-link=species:Kristin Mahlow |author7=Montingelli, Giovanna G. |author7-link=species:Giovanna Gondim Montingelli |author8=Quadros, Ana Bottallo |author8-link=species:Ana Bottallo Quadros |author9=Orlov, Nikolai L. |author9-link=species:Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov |author10=Wilkinson, Mark |author10-link=species:Mark Wilkinson |author11=Zhang, Ya-Ping |author11-link=species:Ya-Ping Zhang |author12=Grazziotin, Felipe G. |author12-link=species:Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin |title=Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) |journal=PLoS One |volume=14 |issue=5 |pages=e0216148 |date=2019-05-10 |pmid=31075128 |pmc=6512042 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1416148Z |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Geographic range==
The genus ''Prosymna'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name="RDB"/>


==Species==
==Species==
* ''[[Prosymna ambigua]]'' <small>Bocage, 1873</small>
*''[[Prosymna ambigua]]'' {{small|[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1873}}
* ''[[Prosymna angolensis]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1915</small>
*''[[Prosymna angolensis]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1915}}
* ''[[Prosymna bivittata]]'' <small>Werner, 1903</small>
*''[[Prosymna bivittata]]'' {{small|[[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1903}}
*''[[Prosymna confusa]]'' {{small|[[species:Werner Conradie|Conradie]], [[species:Chad Keates|Keates]], [[species:Ninda Baptists|Baptista]] & [[species:Javier Lobón-Rovira|Lobón-Rovira]], 2022}} – plain shovel-snout snake
* ''[[Prosymna frontalis]]'' <small>(Peters, 1867)</small>
* ''[[Prosymna greigerti]]'' <small>Mocquard, 1906</small>
*''[[Prosymna frontalis]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1867)}}
* ''[[Prosymna janii]]'' <small>Bianconi, 1862</small>
*''[[Prosymna greigerti]]'' {{small|[[François Mocquard|Mocquard]], 1906}}
* ''[[Prosymna lineata]]'' <small>(Peters, 1871)</small>
*''[[Prosymna janii]]'' {{small|[[Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi|Bianconi]], 1862}}
* ''[[Prosymna meleagris]]'' <small>(Reinhardt, 1843)</small>
*''[[Prosymna lineata]]'' {{small|(W. Peters, 1871)}}
* ''[[Prosymna ornatissima]]'' <small>Barbour & Loveridge, 1928</small>
*''[[Prosymna lisima]]'' {{small|Conradie, Keates, Baptista & Lobón-Rovira, 2022}} – Kalahari shovel-snout snake
* ''[[Prosymna pitmani]]'' <small>Battersby, 1951</small>
*''[[Prosymna meleagris]]'' {{small|([[Johannes Theodor Reinhardt|J.T. Reinhardt]], 1843)}}
* ''[[Prosymna ruspolii]]'' <small>(Boulenger, 1896)</small>
*''[[Prosymna ornatissima]]'' {{small|[[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]] & [[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1928}}
* ''[[Prosymna semifasciata]]'' <small>Broadley, 1995</small>
*''[[Prosymna pitmani]]'' {{small|[[species:James Clarence Battersby|Battersby]], 1951}}
* ''[[Prosymna somalica]]'' <small>Parker, 1930</small>
*''[[Prosymna ruspolii]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}}
* ''[[Prosymna stuhlmanni]]'' <small>(Pfeffer, 1893)</small>
*''[[Prosymna semifasciata]]'' {{small|[[Donald George Broadley|Broadley]], 1995}}
* ''[[Prosymna sundevalli]]'' <small>(Smith, 1849)</small>
*''[[Prosymna somalica]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|H. Parker]], 1930}}
* ''[[Prosymna visseri]]'' <small>Fitzsimons, 1959</small>
*''[[Prosymna stuhlmanni]]'' {{small|([[Georg Johann Pfeffer|Pfeffer]], 1893)}}
*''[[Prosymna sundevalli]]'' {{small|([[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1849)}}
*''[[Prosymna visseri]]'' {{small|[[Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|V. FitzSimons]], 1959}}


''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Prosymna''.
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==References==

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== References ==
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite book |vauthors=Boulenger GA |author-link1=George Albert Boulenger |date=1894 |title=Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ |location=London |publisher=Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers) }} xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus ''Prosymna'', pp. 246–247).
*{{cite book |vauthors=Branch WR |author-link1=William Roy Branch |date=2004 |title=Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa |location=Sanibel Island, Florida |publisher=Ralph Curtis Books }} 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus ''Prosymna'', p. 83).
*{{cite book |vauthors=Gray JE |author-link1=John Edward Gray |date=1849 |title=Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum |location=London |publisher=Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, Printer)}} xv + 125 pp. (''Prosymna'', new genus, p. 80).
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[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Lamprophiidae]]
[[Category:Alethinophidia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]

Latest revision as of 11:33, 9 June 2024

Prosymna
Prosymna sundevalli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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; Orlov, Nikolai L.; Wilkinson, Mark; Zhang, Ya-Ping; Grazziotin, Felipe G. (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

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  • 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 WR (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).
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