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Richardson's mangrove snake
Myron
- Gray, 1849
Pronunciation: | MY-ron | |||||||||||||||
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Etymology: | possibly after the ancient Greek sculptor, Myron.1 | |||||||||||||||
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Notes: | Genus whose two members (one of which is recently described) are found in northern Australia and New Guinea. | |||||||||||||||
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Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 2 out of 2 Australian species Size range: |
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Number of Australian species: | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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- Storr, G. M.; Smith, L. A.; & Johnstone, R. E. (2002). Snakes of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum. 309 - search web for this book
- Murphy, John C. (2011). The nomenclature and systematics of some Australasian Homalopsid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59(2):229-236.