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Prosymna ruspolii (BOULENGER, 1896)

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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ruspoli's Shovelsnout Snake, Southern Somaliland Shovel-snout 
SynonymAsthenophis ruspolii BOULENGER 1896: 12
Prosymna agrestis SCORTECCI 1929: 272 (fide LOVERIDGE 1958)
Asthenophis ruspolii — SCORTECCI 1931: 18
Prosymna agrestis — SCORTECCI 1939
Prosymna ambigua ruspolii — LOVERIDGE 1958: 158
Prosymna ruspolii keniensis BROADLEY 1980
Prosymna ruspolii kiniensis — GRAVLUND 2000
Prosymna ruspolii — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 526
Prosymna ruspolii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 581
Prosymna ruspolii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 423 
DistributionS Ethiopia, S Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania (GRAVLUND 2000, [HR 31: 57])

Type locality: “Magala Umberto I, Ganale Doria”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 29057, a 198 mm male (E. Ruspoli, 1893).
Holotype: MCZ 96864 [keniensis]
Lectotype: MSNM (Milano) [agrestis] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentDistribution: Not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. 
EtymologyNamed after Prince Eugenio Ruspoli (Țigănești, 6 January 1866 – near Burgi, Somalia, 4 December 1893), an Italian explorer and naturalist. See URL below for details. 
References
  • Amir, O. G., & Mumin, D. H. 2026. CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF SOMALIA. Somali National Museum [no year given, but released online in 2026] - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, Giacomo Doria, (2) 17: 5-14 [11] - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 1980. A revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris 22: 362-382
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1-198 (141) - get paper here
  • Scortecci ,G. 1939. Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell'Oltre Giuba. Giugno-agosto 1934. XII. Rettili Ofidi. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria 58: 263-291 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1929. Primo contributo alla conoscenza dei Rettili e degli Anfibi della Somalia italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 68: 245-279
  • Scortecci, Giuseppe 1931. Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia. Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, (ser. 3) 41 (10): 1-26 [1930]
  • 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, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - 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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