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Global conservation status (lUCN): 
Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from southern Angola, northern Namib¬ 
ia including the Caprivi Strip, Zambia west of 
the Zambezi, northern Botswana, and western 
Zimbabwe. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 304): The 
species occurs in the southwestern Angola, 
extending northwards along the coast to Luan¬ 
da. Luanda: “Luanda” [-8.83333, 13.26667] 
(Broadley 1980:515). Huambo: “Bela-Vista” 
(Missao di Dondi) [-12.36667, 16.20000] 
(Hellmich 1957b:66; Loveridge 1958:154; 
Broadley 1980:515, 1990:229). Benguela: 
“Quibula” [-12.28333, 14.68333] (Bocage 
1895a:98); “Quissange” [-12.43333,14.05000] 
(Bocage 1895a:98; Loveridge 1958:151); Map 304. Distribution of 
“Quindumbo” [-12.46667, 14.93333] (Bocage 
1895a:98; Loveridge 1958:151); “Benguella” [-12.58333, 13.41667] (Bocage 1895a:98); “Eban- 
ga” [-12.73333, 14.73333] (Monard 1937b:122; Loveridge 1958:151; Broadley 1980:515); 
“Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] (Mertens 1938a:439; Loveridge 1958:151; Broadley 1980:515). 
Huila: “Capelongo” [-14.91667, 15.08333] (Bogert 1940:59; Loveridge 1958:153-154; Broadley 
1980:515); “Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] (Bocage 1895a:98; Loveridge 1958:151; Broadley 
1980:515,1990:227,229); “Vila-da-Ponte” [-14.46667,16.30000] (Monard 1937b:123; Loveridge 
1958:154; Broadley 1980:515); “Huilla” [-15.05000, 13.55000] (Bocage 1895a:98; Loveridge 
1958:149, FitzSimons 1962:161). Namibe: “Biballa” [-14.76667, 13.36667] (Bocage 1873a:218, 
1895a:98; Loveridge 1958:151); “Maconjo” [-15.01667, 13.20000] (Bocage 1895a:98; Loveridge 
1958:151; Broadley 1980:515); “Mossamedes” [-15.20000, 12.15000] (Bocage 1973b:218, 
1895a:99; Boulenger 1893:248; Loveridge 1958:151; Broadley 1980:515). Undetermined Local¬ 
ity: “no locality” (Broadley 1980:515). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Boulenger (1915) applied the new name Prosymna 
angolensis to a series of Angolan snakes listed under the name Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867) 
by Bocage (1873b, 1895a). Boulenger did not nominate any type locality other than Angola but 
Loveridge (1958) subsequently restricted the type locality to “Huila.” Broadley (1980) reviewed 
the species. He had visited the Museu Bocage collection in Lisbon in 1968 and did not find any 
specimens from Bocage’s series from “Huila”, but did locate four individuals from “Caconda.” 
Although these specimens had been destroyed before Broadley’s (1980) review, he restricted the 
type locality to “Caconda,” by designating a neotype from this locality in the Naturhistorisches 
Museum Wien. Angolan records from “Vila-da-Ponte” (Monard 1931, 1937b), “Cubal” (Mertens 
1938a), and “Capelongo” (Loveridge 1958) previously identified as belonging to Prosymna 
ambigua (Bocage, 1873) are probably misidentifications and should be assigned to P angolensis. 
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Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867) South-Western Aerican Shovel-Snout 
Temnorhynchus frontalis Peters 1867a:236, pi. Leeototype: ZMB 5763a (eolleetor C.H. Hahn), designated by 
Mertens (1955:94). Type loeality: “Otjimbingue in Sudwestafriea” [= Otjimbingwe, Erongo Region], 
Namibia. 
