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Prosymna angolensis BOULENGER, 1915

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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Angolan Shovel-snout snake
Portuguese: Cobra-de-focinho-de-pá-de- Angola 
SynonymProsymna angolensis BOULENGER 1915: 208
Prosymna angolensis — LOVERIDGE 1958: 149
Prosymna angolensis — AUERBACH 1987: 178
Prosymna angolensis — MARAIS 2004
Prosymna angolensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 579
Prosymna angolensis — CONRADIE et al. 2021
Prosymna frontalis — BOCAGE 1873: 218
Prosymna frontalis — BOCAGE 1882: 288
Prosymna frontalis — BOCAGE 1895: 98
Prosymna frontalis — BOULENGER 1894: 248
Prosymna frontalis — BOULENGER 1896: 641
Prosymna ambigua — MONARD 1931: 104
Prosymna ambigua — MONARD 1937: 123
Prosymna ambigua — MERTENS 1937: 13.
Prosymna ambigua ambigua — MERTENS 1938: 439
Prosymna ambigua ambigua — LOVERIDGE 1958: 151
Prosymna angolensis — BOULENGER 1915: 208
Prosymna angolensis — CHABANAUD 1916: 439
Prosymna angolensis — MONARD 1937: 114
Prosymna angolensis — BOGERT 1940: 59
Prosymna angolensis — MERTENS 1955: 94
Prosymna angolensis — MERTENS 1971: 86
Prosymna angolensis — HELLMICH 1957: 66
Prosymna angolensis — LOVERIDGE 1958: 149
Prosymna angolensis — FITZSIMONS 1962: 161
Prosymna angolensis — FITZSIMONS 1966: 53
Prosymna angolensis — FITZSIMONS 1970: 104
Prosymna angolensis — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionNC and NE Namibia, WC Angola, Zambia, N Botswana, NW Zimbabwe

Type locality: none given by BOULENGER; designated as “Huila, 15°5' S, 13°30' E, Angola” by LOVERIDGE 1958.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype, NMW 19275b, a 182 mm male, designated by Broadley, 1980: 497. Additional specimens: MBL, NMW, CHL, USBN, MCZ, SAM, SMF, UM, NMZB, CAS. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1464 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: mostly after Conradie et al. 2022, who have even more chresnomys and the pertinent references.

Apparently not listed in the Zoological Record of 1915-1916. 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution in Angola. 
References
  • Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
  • Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1915. A list of the snakes of the Belgian and Portuguese Congo, northern Rhodesia, and Angola. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1915: 193-223 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. & Blaylock 2013. The Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 387 pp. [book review in Sauria 35 (2): 59 and Copeia 2014: 388] - 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
  • Broadley, D.G. 1980. A Revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray (Colubridae). Occ.Pap.natl.Mus.Rhod. 6 (7): 481-556
  • Broadley, D.G. 1995. Geographical Distribution - Prosymna angolensis. African Herp News (23): 48-48 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. 2003. Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 21]
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Conradie W and Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6–36 - get paper here
  • Conradie W, Keates C, Baptista NL, Lobón-Rovira J 2022. Taxonomical review of Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 (Elapoidea, Prosymnidae) with the description of two new species. ZooKeys 1121: 97-143 - get paper here
  • CONRADIE, WERNER; NINDA L. BAPTISTA, LUKE VERBURGT, CHAD KEATES, JAMES HARVEY, TIMOTEO JULIO & GOTZ NEEF. 2021. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 1: Serpentes (snakes). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2): 244–278. - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1-198 (141) - get paper here
  • Marais, J. 2004. A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa, 2nd ed. Struik Publishers, 312 pp.
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • 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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