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Prosymna janii BIANCONI, 1862

IUCN Red List - Prosymna janii - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mozambique Shovel-snout, Keel-scaled Shovel-snout 
SynonymProsymna janii BIANCONI 1862: 470
Prosymna jani — BOULENGER 1894: 294
Prosymna jani — BOULENGER 1908: 229
Prosymna jani — FITZSIMONS 1912: 88
Prosymna jani — WERNER 1929: 142
Prosymna jani — LOVERIDGE 1958: 165
Prosymna janii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 580 
DistributionS Mozambique, Republic of South Africa (N Zululand, Natal)

Type locality: Inhambane, Mozambique.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUB (was: IBI) a 180 mm male. 
Diagnosis 
CommentHabitat: restricted to coastal dune forest and thicket. 
EtymologyNamed after Giorgio Jan (1791-1866), Austrian-born botanist and professor in Parma and Milan, Italy. 
References
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bianconi, J. J. 1862. Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. De Reptilibus. Mem. Acad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (Ser. 2) 1: 469-472 - get paper here
  • Broadley D G 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (35): 469-493
  • 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. 1980. A revision of the African snake genus Prosymna Gray. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris 22: 362-382
  • Jacobsen, Niels H.G.; Errol W. Pietersen & Darren W. Pietersen 2010. A preliminary herpetological survey of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula, Vilankulo, Mozambique. Herpetology Notes 3: 181-193
  • Jordaan, P.R., Steyl, J.C.A., Hanekom, C.C., Xander Combrink 2020. Fire-associated reptile mortality in Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa. Fire Ecol (2020) 16: 3 - get paper here
  • Lönnberg, E. 1910. Two new snakes from Lower Congo. Arkiv för Zoologi 7 (8): 1-8 - get paper here
  • Loveridge,A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1-198 (141) - 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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