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Richardson's mangrove snake
Myron - Gray, 1849

Pronunciation: MY-ron
 Etymology: possibly after the ancient Greek sculptor, Myron.1

Taxonomic notes:

Notes: Genus whose two members (one of which is recently described) are found in northern Australia and New Guinea.
Statistics: Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 2 out of 2 Australian species

Size range:
Number of Australian species: 2
 

Resetar's mangrove snake (Myron resetari)
Broome, Western Australia
Photo © Scott van Barneveld
Resetar's mangrove snake (Myron resetari) distribution range map Myron resetari
Resetar's mangrove snake
Year described
Murphy 2011
Description
"19 scale rows on the neck and at mid body; one preocular scale; large, plate like occipital scales that are posterior and lateral to the parietals."2

Richardson's mangrove snake (Myron richardsonii)
Darwin, Northern Territory
Photo © Brendan Schembri
Richardson's mangrove snake (Myron richardsonii) distribution range map Myron richardsonii
Richardson's mangrove snake
Year described
Gray 1849
Description
Grey/brown above. Lighter irregular flecks.

References
  1. Storr, G. M.; Smith, L. A.; & Johnstone, R. E. (2002). Snakes of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum. 309 - search web for this book
  2. 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.
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