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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern Sahel speckled shovel-snout 
SynonymProsymna Greigerti MOCQUARD 1906: 466
Prosymna greigerti — LOVERIDGE 1958: 139
Prosymna meleagris laurenti LOVERIDGE 1958
Prosymna meleagris laurenti — PITMAN 1974
Prosymna meleagris laurenti — BARNETT & EMMS 2005
Prosymna maleagris greigerti — TRAPE & MANÉ 2002
Prosymna greigerti — TRAPE & MANÉ 2006
Prosymna greigerti — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Prosymna greigerti greigerti — CHIRIO et al. 2011
Prosymna gregerti [sic] — SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012: 345
Prosymna greigerti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 580
Prosymna greigerti — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 421 
DistributionSenegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea (Conakry), Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Ethiopia; propbably N Uganda

Type locality: Lobi region, French Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS) [= Burkina-Faso]

laurenti: Type locality: Mongalla, Equatoria Province, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1906.0154
Holotype: MCZ 53383, male [laurenti] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (720 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Prosymna meleagris var. collaris STERNFELD 1908 was synonymized with P. meleagris by LOVERIDE 1958. Prosymna greigerti collaris STERNFELD 1908 has been considered as species status by Trape 2023.

Distribution: see Trape 2023: 650 for a map. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the holotype, Lt. Greigert. 
References
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