Prosymna lineata

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 lineata
Name

Prosymna lineata (Peters, 1871)

Holotype: ZMB 7257.
Synonyms

Temnorhynchus lineatus Peters, 1871: 568
Prosymna lineata (fide Boycott, 1992)
Prosymna sundevalli lineata — Boycott, 1992
Prosymna sundevalli lineata — Auerbach, 1987: 176

References

Peters, W. 1871: Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin [1871 ]: 566–581.
Boycott, R.C. 1992: An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland, 1992; online at [1] .

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Prosymna lineata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 September 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Mozambique Shovel-snout