Taxonavigation

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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 janii

Name

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Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862

Type locality: S. Mozambique.

References

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  • Bianconi, J.J. 1862: Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. De Reptilibus. Mem. Acad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (Ser. 2) 1: 469–472.
  • Broadley, D.G. 1980: A Revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray (Colubridae). Occ. Pap. natl. Mus. Rhod. 6 (7): 481–556.
  • Broadley, D.G. 1980: A revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris, 22: 362–382.
  • Prosymna janii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

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English: Mozambique Shovel-snout