Prosymna (snake)

Prosymna is a genus of elapoid snake. It is the only genus in the family Prosymnidae. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.

Geographic range
The genus Prosymna is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

 * Prosymna ambigua Bocage, 1873
 * Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915
 * Prosymna bivittata F. Werner, 1903
 * Prosymna confusa Conradie, Keates, Baptista & Lobón-Rovira, 2022 – plain shovel-snout snake
 * Prosymna frontalis (W. Peters, 1867)
 * Prosymna greigerti Mocquard, 1906
 * Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862
 * Prosymna lineata (W. Peters, 1871)
 * Prosymna lisima Conradie, Keates, Baptista & Lobón-Rovira, 2022 – Kalahari shovel-snout snake
 * Prosymna meleagris (J.T. Reinhardt, 1843)
 * Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
 * Prosymna pitmani Battersby, 1951
 * Prosymna ruspolii (Boulenger, 1896)
 * Prosymna semifasciata Broadley, 1995
 * Prosymna somalica H. Parker, 1930
 * Prosymna stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
 * Prosymna sundevalli (A. Smith, 1849)
 * Prosymna visseri V. FitzSimons, 1959

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Prosymna.