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'''''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 | |
'''''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> |
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==Geographic range== |
==Geographic range== |
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*''[[Prosymna pitmani]]'' {{small|[[species:James Clarence Battersby|Battersby]], 1951}} |
*''[[Prosymna pitmani]]'' {{small|[[species:James Clarence Battersby|Battersby]], 1951}} |
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*''[[Prosymna ruspolii]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}} |
*''[[Prosymna ruspolii]]'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}} |
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*''[[Prosymna semifasciata]]'' {{small|[[ |
*''[[Prosymna semifasciata]]'' {{small|[[Donald George Broadley|Broadley]], 1995}} |
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*''[[Prosymna somalica]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|H. Parker]], 1930}} |
*''[[Prosymna somalica]]'' {{small|[[Hampton Wildman Parker|H. Parker]], 1930}} |
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*''[[Prosymna stuhlmanni]]'' {{small|([[Georg Johann Pfeffer|Pfeffer]], 1893)}} |
*''[[Prosymna stuhlmanni]]'' {{small|([[Georg Johann Pfeffer|Pfeffer]], 1893)}} |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]The genus Prosymna is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Genus Prosymna at The Reptile Database.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).