Prosymna meleagris

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 meleagris
Name

Prosymna meleagris (Reinhardt, 1843)
Synonyms

Calamaria meleagris Reinhardt, 1843
Prosymna meleagris — Loveridge, 1955
Prosymna meleagris laurenti Loveridge, 1958
Prosymna meleagris — Broadley, 1998

References

Reinhardt, J.T. 1843: Beskrivelse af nogle nye Slangearter. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 10: 233–279.
Loveridge, A. 1958: Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 119: 1–198 (141).
Broadley, D.G. 1998: The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo. [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
Prosymna meleagris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Speckled Shovel-snout Snake