Prosymna visseri

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 visseri

Name

Prosymna visseri Fitzsimons, 1959: 408

• Holotype: TMP 24531, adult ♂, collected by C. Koch in September 1956.
• Type locality: “near Caracul, S. Angola”.

References

Primary references

• FitzSimons, V. 1959. Some new reptiles from southern Africa and southern Angola. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 405–409.

Links

• Baptista, N., Bauer, A.M., Becker, F. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2020. IUCN: Prosymna visseri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T110153660A110153667. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110153660A110153667.en. Accessed on 26 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Visser’s Shovel-snout