Prosymna ornatissima

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928: 120 [original combination, as species]
Prosymna ambigua ornatissima — Loveridge, 1958: 159 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]

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. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50(2): 85–265. BHL

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 10(4): 29–32.

Menegon, M. & Spawls, S. 2015. IUCN: Prosymna ornatissima (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177448A46179723. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T177448A46179723.en. Accessed on 18 May 2026.