Prosymna confusa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Prosymnidae
Genus: Prosymna
Species: Prosymna confusa

Name

Prosymna confusa Conradie, Keates, Baptista & Lobón-Rovira, 2022: 121

• Holotype: PEM R23512, ♂, collected by Werner Conradie and James Harvey on 26 November 2016.
• Type locality: “Cuito River source lake (-12.68866, 18.36025, 1426 m a.s.l.), Moxico Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• Conradie, W., Keates, C., Baptista, N. & Lobón-Rovira, J. 2022. Taxonomical review of Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 (Elapoidea, Prosymnidae) with the description of two new species. Zookeys 1121: 97–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.85693 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kalahari Shovel-snout Snake