Prosymna frontalis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Prosymnidae
Genus: Prosymna
Species: Prosymna frontalis
Name

Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867)

Type locality: Otjimbingue [Namibia], by implication.

Syntypes: ZMB 5763 (originally 2 specimens).
Synonyms

Temnorhynchus frontalis Peters, 1867: 236
Prosymna bergeri Lindholm in Lampe & Lindholm, 1902
Prosymna frontalis — Bauer et al., 1995: 75

References

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1867: Über eine Sammlung von Flederthieren und Amphibien aus Otjimbingue in Südwestafrica, welche Hr. Missionär Hahn dem zoologischen Museum zugesandt hat. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (April): 234–237.
Bauer, A.M.; Günther, R. & Klipfel, M. 1995: The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003: The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History, 8: 111–160 [2001].
Prosymna frontalis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: South-western Shovel-snout