Myron (snake)
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Homalopsidae |
Genus: | Myron Gray, 1849 |
Myron is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.[1] They are commonly known as 'mangrove snakes'.
Geographic range
[edit]Snakes of the genus Myron are found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]
Species
[edit]- Myron karnsi Murphy, 2011
- Myron resetari Murphy, 2011
- Myron richardsonii Gray, 1849
References
[edit]- ^ a b Genus Myron at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
[edit]- Gray JE (1849). Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xv + 125 pp. (Myron, new genus, p. 70; M. richardsonii, new species, p. 70).