Prosymna janii

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 janii
Name

Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862

Type locality: S. Mozambique.
References

Bianconi, J.J. 1862: Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. De Reptilibus. Mem. Acad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (Ser. 2) 1: 469–472.
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.
Prosymna janii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Mozambique Shovel-snout