Fine Art

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Prosymnidae
Genus: Prosymna
Species: Prosymna ambigua
Subspecies: P. a. ambigua – P. a. bocagii – P. a. stuhlmanni
Name

Prosymna ambigua Bocage 1873

Holotype: MBL 610, a 121 mm female (Bayão, 1863), destroyed by fire.
Synonyms

Prosymna ambiguus Bocage, 1873: 218
Prosymna vassei Mocquard, 1906
Prosymna variabilis Werner, 1909
Stenorhabdium temporale Werner, 1909
Prosymna meleagris concolor Lönnberg, 1910
Prosymna transvaalensis Hewitt, 1910
Prosymna Vassei — Chabanaud, 1917: 225
Prosymna ambigua brevis Laurent, 1953
Prosymna ambigua loveridgei Laurent, 1953 [=1954]
Prosymna ambigua urundiensis Laurent, 1953

References

Bocage, J.V.B. 1873: Melanges erpetologiques. II. Sur quelques reptiles et batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d‘Afrique occidentale. Jorn. Acad. Sci. Lisboa, 4: 209–227.
Chabanaud, P. 1917: Descriptions de trois espéces nouvelles de Reptilies de l'Afrique. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. Paris, 23: 219–225.
Prosymna ambigua at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: East African Shovelsnout Snake

Snakes

Biology Encyclopedia

Reptiles Images

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Home - Hellenica World