''Prosymna'' is a

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of elapoid snake.. It is the only genus in the

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Prosymnidae. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the

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, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.

Geographic range

The genus ''Prosymna'' is

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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 ( grc, Πρόσυμνα) was a town in ancient Argolis, in whose territory the celebrated Heraeum, or temple of Hera, stood. Statius gives it the epithet "celsa." Pausanias mentions only a district of this name. According to Greek mytho ...

'' *'' Prosymna visseri'' ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Prosymna''.

Geographic range

Species

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Further reading