Prosymna meleagris

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 meleagris

Name

Prosymna meleagris (Reinhardt, 1843)

Synonyms

• Calamaria meleagris Reinhardt, 1843
• Prosymna meleagris — Loveridge, 1955
• Prosymna meleagris laurenti Loveridge, 1958
• Prosymna meleagris — Broadley, 1998

References

• Reinhardt, J.T. 1843: Beskrivelse af nogle nye Slangearter. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 10: 233–279.
• Loveridge, A. 1958: Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 119: 1–198 (141).
• Broadley, D.G. 1998: The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo. [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
• Prosymna meleagris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Speckled Shovel-snout Snake