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Prosymna lineata (PETERS, 1871)

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Higher TaxaProsymnidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lined Shovel-snout, Mozambique Shovel-snout 
SynonymTemnorhynchus lineatus PETERS 1871: 568
Prosymna lineata — LOVERIDGE 1958: 138
Prosymna lineata — BROADLEY 1959
Prosymna lineata — BROADLEY 1962
Prosymna sundevalli lineata — PIENAAR 1978
Prosymna sundevalli lineata — AUERBACH 1987: 176
Prosymna lineata — BOYCOTT 1992
Prosymna sundevalli lineata — BOYCOTT 1992
Prosymna lineata — BROADLEY 1999
Prosymna lineata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 580
Prosymna lineata — STANDER 2023: 286 
DistributionZimbabwe, Republic of South Africa (Transvaal), Mozambique, Botswana

Type locality: “Matlale (S. Ostafrika)” [N Transvaal] [PETERS 1871]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 7257 (Temnorhynchus lineatus PETERS 1871) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1163 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Temnorhynchus is pre-occupied by a beetle genus. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “linea” = line, for marked with lines, lined. Apparently after the pale stripe down the back of some individuals. 
References
  • Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
  • 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.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Synopsis of the snakes of South Africa. The Zoologist, London, (3) 11: 171-182
  • Boycott, R.C. 1992. An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland - 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. 1959. The herpetology of Southern Rhodesia. Part I--the snakes. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 120 (1): 1-100 [reprint 1972] - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843
  • Broadley, D.G. 1965. A revision of the Prosymna sundevalli group (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia 2 (5): 1-6
  • Broadley, Donald G. 1999. Geographic distribution: Prosymna lineata (Peters, 1871); Lined Shovel-snout. African Herp News (30): 36-37 - get paper here
  • Haagner, G. V. 1997. Geographic distribution. Prosymna sundevallii lineata. African Herp News (26): 35 - get paper here
  • Lönnberg, E. 1910. Two new snakes from Lower Congo. Arkiv för Zoologi 7 (8): 1-8 - get paper here
  • Peters, W. 1871. Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin [1871]: 566-581 - get paper here
  • Pienaar, Uys de Villiers 1978. The Reptile Fauna of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, i-vii, 222 S.
  • Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). Smith, Elder, and Co., London [facsimile published by Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1977] - get paper here
  • Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 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.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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