Prosymna frontalis

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 frontalis

Name

Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867)

Type locality: Otjimbingue [Namibia], by implication.

Syntypes: ZMB 5763 (originally 2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Temnorhynchus frontalis Peters, 1867: 236
• Prosymna bergeri Lindholm in Lampe & Lindholm, 1902
• Prosymna frontalis — Bauer et al., 1995: 75

References

• Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1867: Über eine Sammlung von Flederthieren und Amphibien aus Otjimbingue in Südwestafrica, welche Hr. Missionär Hahn dem zoologischen Museum zugesandt hat. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (April): 234–237.
• Bauer, A.M.; Günther, R. & Klipfel, M. 1995: The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
• Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003: The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History, 8: 111–160 [2001].
• Prosymna frontalis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: South-western Shovel-snout