Prosymna ornatissima

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 ornatissima

Name

Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

Type locality: Nyange, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.

Synonyms

• Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928: 120
• Prosymna ornatissima (incertae sedis) — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 29

References

• Barbour, T. & Loveridge A. 1928: A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85–265.
• Broadley, D.G. & HOWELL, K.M. 1991: A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1 : 1—70.
• Broadley, D.G. 1995: A new species of Prosymna Gray (Serpentes: Colubridae) from coastal forest in southeastern Tanzania. Arnoldia Zimbabwe, 10 (4): 29–32.
• Prosymna ornatissima at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ornate Shovelsnout Snake