Prosymna (snake)
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| Genus: | Prosymna Gray, 1849
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Prosymna is a genus of snakes of the family Lamprophiidae.[1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Prosymninae.
Species
- Prosymna ambigua Bocage, 1873
- Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915
- Prosymna bivittata F. Werner, 1903
- Prosymna frontalis (W. Peters, 1867)
- Prosymna greigerti Mocquard, 1906
- Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862
- Prosymna lineata (W. Peters, 1871)
- 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 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
- ^ 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).
- 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).