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Genus: Prosymna (shovel-snouts)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata > Serpentes (snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily: Colubrinae

This genus comprises fourteen species, of these seven occur in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Prosymna angolensis (Angola shovel-snout)

 

 

Prosymna bivittata (Two-stripped shovel-snout)

 

Prosymna frontalis (South-western shovel snout)

 

Prosymna janii (Jan's shovel-snout)

 

 

Prosymna stuhlmannii (East-african shovel snout)

 

Prosymna stuhlmannii (East-african shovel snout)

Prosymna sundevalli (Sundevall's shovel-snout)

 

Prosymna visseri (Visser's shovel-snout)