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Prosymna semifasciata BROADLEY, 1995

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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Banded shovel-snout 
SynonymProsymna semifasciata BROADLEY 1995: 31
Prosymna semifasciata — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 348
Prosymna semifasciata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 581
Prosymna semifasciata — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 424 
DistributionNE Tanzania

Type locality: Kwamgumi Forest Reserve, Muheza District, Tanga Region, Tanzania (4° 56’ S, 38° 44’ E).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMZB 13732 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1457 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentProsymna semifasciata belongs to the Prosymna ambigua group and is apparently most closely related to P. ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin semi-fasciata = half banded, from the distinctive black dorsal crossbars. 
References
  • Broadley, D.G. 1995. A new species of Prosymna Gray (Serpentes: Colubridae) from coastal forest in southeastern Tanzania. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10 (4): 29-32
  • Malonza, Patrick K.; David M. Mulwa, Joash O. Nyamache, Georgina Jones 2017. Biogeography of the Shimba Hills ecosystem herpetofauna in Kenya. Zoological Research 38(5): 1-11 - get paper here
  • Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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