Prosymna (snake)
Prosymna is a genus of elapoid snake. It is the only genus in the family Prosymnidae. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.
Geographic range
The genus Prosymna is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.Species
- Prosymna ambigua
- Prosymna angolensis
- Prosymna bivittata
- Prosymna confusa – plain shovel-snout snake
- Prosymna frontalis
- Prosymna greigerti
- Prosymna janii
- Prosymna lineata
- Prosymna lisima – Kalahari shovel-snout snake
- Prosymna meleagris
- Prosymna ornatissima
- Prosymna pitmani
- Prosymna ruspolii
- Prosymna semifasciata
- Prosymna somalica
- Prosymna stuhlmanni
- Prosymna sundevalli
- Prosymna visseri