Prosymna semifasciata

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 semifasciata

Name

• Prosymna semifasciata Broadley, 1995: 30

Holotype: NMZB 13732, ♂, collected by K.M. Howell, C.A. Msuya & W.T. Stanley on 22 July 1994.

Type locality: “Kwamgumi Forest Reserve, Muheza District, Tanga Region, Tanzania (4°56’ S, 38°44’ E) at approximately 230 m.a.s.l.”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1995. A new species of Prosymna Gray (Serpentes: Colubridae) from coastal forest in northeastern Tanzania. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(4): 29–32. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2001. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press. 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51 ; 147].

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Prosymna semifasciata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Banded Shovel-snout