Prosymna greigerti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Prosymnidae
Genus: Prosymna
Species: Prosymna greigerti

Name

Prosymna greigerti Mocquard, 1906

• Holotype: MNHN 1906.154, collected by Greigert between 1897–1902.
• Type locality: “region Lobi, Haute-Volta”.

Combinations

• Prosymna Greigerti Mocquard, 1906: 466 [original combination]
• Prosymna meleagris greigerti — Broadley, 1980 [subsequent ocmbination, reduced to subspecies]

Synonyms

• Prosymna meleagris laurenti Loveridge, 1958

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1906. Description de quelques espéces nouvelles de Reptiles. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 7: 464–466.
• Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1–198.

Additional references

• Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. 2002. Les serpents du Sénégal: liste commentée des espèces. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot 95(3): 148–150.
• Chirio, Laurent & Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1): 23-59.

Links

• Chirio, L. 2021. IUCN: Prosymna greigerti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13296705A13296708. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13296705A13296708.en. Accessed on 18 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Greigert's Shovel-snout