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Taxonomy of the genus Prosymna Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Prosymna (Shovel-snout Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Prosymna in general

Broadley, D.G. 1966. A revision of the Prosymna sundevalli group (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 2(5): 1-6.

Broadley, D.G. 1979. Predation on reptile eggs by African snakes of the genus Prosymna. Herpetologica 35(4): 338-341.

Broadley, D.G. 1980. A revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray (Colubridae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Series B Natural Sciences 6(7): 481-556.

Chabanaud, P. 1917. Revision du genre Prosymna Gray. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1916: 433-440.

Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five African snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 119: 1-198.

Prosymna ambigua

Böhme, W.; Schneider, B. 1987. Zur Herpetofaunistik Kameruns (3) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 38(3): 241-263.

Broadley, D.G. 1998. Geographical distribution: Prosymna ambigua bocagii Boulenger, 1897. Bocage's Shovel-snout. Tanzania. African Herp News 28: 44

Broadley, D.G. 1999. Geographical distribution: Prosymna ambigua bocagii Boulenger, 1897. Bocage's Shovel-snout. Tanzania. African Herp News 29: 44.

Laurent, R.F. 1952. Batraciens et reptiles recemment acquis par le Musee du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 198-203.

Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuchâtel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.

Prosymna bivittata

Warner, J.K.; Combrink, X. 2010. Geographic distribution: Prosymna bivittata (Two-striped Shovel-snout). Herpetological Review 41(1): 111.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Prosymna frontalis

Colacicco, F. 2017. Titelbild: Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867). Sauria (Berlin) 39(4): 1-2.

Griffin, M.; Hauch, J. 1999. Life history notes: Prosymna frontalis. South-western Shovel-snout. Reproduction. African Herp News 30: 30-31.

Visser, J. 1981. Additional records and corrections for the Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25: 6-8.

Prosymna greigerti

Chirio, L.; Ineich, I.; Schmitz, A.; Trape, J.F. 2011. Note sur la systematique de quelques especes du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au nord de l'équateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118(1): 157-173.

Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuchâtel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.

Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Prosymna janii

Haacke, W.D.; Bruton, M.N. 1978. On two little known snakes from the tropical subtraction zone of south-eastern Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31(5): 43-50.

Prosymna lineata

Broadley, D.G. 1999. Geographical distribution: Prosymna lineata (Peters, 1871). Lined Shovel-snout. Botswana. African Herp News 30: 36-37.

Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.

Prosymna meleagris

Chirio, L.; Ineich, I.; Schmitz, A.; Trape, J.F. 2011. Note sur la systematique de quelques especes du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au nord de l'équateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118(1): 157-173.

Hallermann, J. 2001. Bemerkenswerter Mageninhalt von Mehelya stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 37(2): 105-106.

Parker, H.W. 1930. Three new reptiles from Somaliland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 6: 603-606.

Rasmussen, J.B.; Hughes, B. 1997. Description of some new snake species. 1. Th. Reinhardt. Vid. Sel. naturvid. og mathem. Afh. (1843) 10 Part: 233-279. Steenstrupia 22 [1996]: 13-39.

Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Prosymna ornatissima

Kalumanga, E. 2007. Ornate shovel snout snake re-sighted after 80 years. Miombo 30: 9.

Prosymna pitmani

Battersby, J.C. 1951. Description of a new species of snake Prosymna pitmani, sp.n., from Tanganyika Territory and notes on the genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 12) 4: 828-829.

Prosymna ruspolii

Gravlund, P. 2000. Geographic distribution: Prosymna ruspolii kiniensis [keniensis]. Tanzania: Arusha region. Herpetological Review 31(1): 57.

Prosymna semifasciata

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

Prosymna somalica

Parker, H.W. 1930. Three new reptiles from Somaliland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 6: 603-606.

Prosymna stuhlmannii

Hewitt, J. 1910. Description of a new snake, Prosymna transvaalensis, from the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 74.

Miller, A.K. 2009. Prosymna stuhlmannii Pfeffer 1893. East African Shovel-snout. African Herp News 49: 11-12.

Raw, L.R.G. 1971. A new locality record for the East African shovelsnout Prosymna ambigua stuhlmanni (Pfeffer). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 7(1): 44-45.

Prosymna sundevallii

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

Gough, L.H. 1908. Note on a specimen of Prosymna sundevalli Sm. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 1: 64.

Visser, J. 1981. Additional records and corrections for the Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25: 6-8.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Prosymna visseri

Bauer, A.M.; Lamb, T.; Branch, W.R.; Babb, R.D. 2001. New records of two rare snakes from northern Namibia, with comments on the trans-Kunene distribution of mopaneveld squamates (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 14(1-2): 75-79.

McLachlan, G.R. 1987. A first record for Prosymna visseri from southern Africa. Madoqua 15(1): 89-90.