Prosymna ornatissima

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 ornatissima
Name

Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

Type locality: Nyange, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Synonyms

Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928: 120
Prosymna ornatissima (incertae sedis) — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 29

References

Barbour, T. & Loveridge A. 1928: A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85–265.
Broadley, D.G. & HOWELL, K.M. 1991: A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1 : 1—70.
Broadley, D.G. 1995: A new species of Prosymna Gray (Serpentes: Colubridae) from coastal forest in southeastern Tanzania. Arnoldia Zimbabwe, 10 (4): 29–32.
Prosymna ornatissima at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Ornate Shovelsnout Snake